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> [“Many people assume that being a Christian means you follow all the rules and have your life together. They assume that “Christian” equals “good person”—when the opposite is true. The gospel is not about what we can do for God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/many-people-assume-that-being-a-christian-means-you-follow-all-the/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

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## More by Mark Clark

> [“Charles Darwin himself recognized this problem and feared it when he wrote hauntingly: “Within me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/charles-darwin-himself-recognized-this-problem-and-feared-it-when-he/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“If you’re going to make up stories about miracles and events that you are claiming really happened, you have to wait until all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/if-you-re-going-to-make-up-stories-about-miracles-and-events-that-you/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“Faith is like a mental illness,” Richard Dawkins has said, “a great cop out, the excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/faith-is-like-a-mental-illness-richard-dawkins-has-said-a-great-cop/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“Many people assume that being a Christian means you follow all the rules and have your life together. They assume that “Christian” equals “good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/many-people-assume-that-being-a-christian-means-you-follow-all-the/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“Our faith doesn’t magically make our assumptions about Jesus and the Bible true. Faith can’t turn a falsehood into truth. Rightly understood, it’s not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/our-faith-doesn-t-magically-make-our-assumptions-about-jesus-and-the/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“How often have we turned on the television and heard the host say, “Tonight we will be talking about faith versus science. Our first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/how-often-have-we-turned-on-the-television-and-heard-the-host-say/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“Don’t walk away at the first sign of a contradiction or a problem. Sometimes scientific study needs to play catch-up to the Bible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/don-t-walk-away-at-the-first-sign-of-a-contradiction-or-a-problem/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“All of the problems of heaven and earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/all-of-the-problems-of-heaven-and-earth-though-they-were-to-confront/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

> [“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing, all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans and then blames them for his own mistakes."--Gene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-clark/we-must-question-the-story-logic-of-having-an-all-knowing-all/)

[Mark Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-clark/)

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