A Darn Good Quote on Religion

I recieve a daily comment from Tricycle a quarterly periodical on Buddhism with a tie to how American approach this "faith". Today's quote was:

Right Speech and Religious Diversity

Right speech is a vast, important topic in Buddhist training, and nowhere is it more important than in delicate conversations across religious lines. In our current context, arguments or debates about religion are counterproductive and only produce more sorrow and anguish. As Buddhists, we want to avoid participating in or contributing to the contentious atmosphere that permeates much public discourse about religious diversity

I liked this quote but it was in the comments section I found this quote and I really like it. Thus I share.

Let us never forget that the purpose of all religious techniques should be about liberating ourselves from suffering. Which tradition or traditions they come from are largely irrelevant, as the teaching itself will either hold water and be adopted or not and be discarded. The whole where it came from and who thought of the technique first debate is interesting intellectually but from a skillful means perspective is largely irrelevant. Does the man dying of thirst question the religious pedigree of the water before, probably not or he dies.

Buddhabrats