FULTON, Mo. - Religion professor Cliff Cain started off the 2012 Westminster Symposium Tuesday morning with an apology to his mother for talking about what she always said was a taboo subject: Religion.
"Religion can be as polarizing as politics ... as passionate as sex," Cain said as he welcomed an auditorium full of students, staff and visitors to the symposium, focused this year on Religious Experience in a Global Society. "Some say religion is a force for good, some say religion is a force for evil. Religion motivates charity and liberation, and religion precipitates crusades."
Sharing more quotes and ideas from various figures regarding religion, Cain went on to highlight the speakers and programs scheduled for the two-day symposium, including ....