“Religion must use law to empower itself and control the people who they need in order to survive.” — William P. Young Copy Share Image
He was sick of God and God's religion, sick of all the little religious social clubs that didn't seem to make any… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself. — William P. Young Copy Share Image
“(Jesus speaking) "An awful lot of what is done in my name has nothing to do with me and is often, even… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I think people are tired of religion and how it divides and damages people. You can name it whatever you want, Islam… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
The Gospel is a declaration of something totally finished apart from our agreement or vote. Inside that declaration is an ongoing and… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
It seems like -- especially in religious circles and Christian circles, we want to first talk about the things we're opposed to.… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Evangelicals have like millions of rules. And it's just, uh, we have sort of an accepted, rationalism within which we frame religion.… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Religion and anger has gone together a lot, historically. My father, being very religious and angry, was trying to reconcile the ideas… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
I don't want my kids growing up with the image of God that I had -- Plato's white grandfatherly god -- because that god… — William P. Young Copy Share
Because you continue to inhabit and believe your metaphors, you cannot see what is true. — William P. Young Copy Share
“Religion must use law to empower itself and control the people who they need in order to survive.” — William P. Young Copy Share
Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and… — William P. Young Copy Share
“(Jesus speaking) "An awful lot of what is done in my name has nothing to do with me and is often, even if unintentional,… — William P. Young Copy Share
I often find that getting head issues out of the way first makes the heart stuff easier to work on later. — William P. Young Copy Share
For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day… — William P. Young Copy Share
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to hold power over another is to chose to limit to onself… — William P. Young Copy Share
It is my desire and intent to trust the multi-layered good purposes of God than in what humans fabricate out of their need and… — William P. Young Copy Share
Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself. — William P. Young Copy Share
I don't just want a piece of you and a piece of your life. Even if you were able, which you are not, to… — William P. Young Copy Share
Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving in the… — William P. Young Copy Share
