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> [When you poll snake person Christians, Christians born after 1980, it's like 80% of them are against the death penalty. It's not because they've thrown out their faith, but it's because of their faith they can't reconcile the death penalty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/when-you-poll-snake-person-christians-christians-born-after-1980-it-s/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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> [I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-am-sorry-that-so-often-the-biggest-obstacle-to-god-has-been/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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## More by Shane Claiborne

> [“we can live without sex, but we cant live without love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-can-live-without-sex-but-we-cant-live-without-love/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-re-not-church-planters-we-are-community-planters-and-as-we-work-in/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-are-some-called-death-fatigue-people-who-just-grow-so-tired-of/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/every-70-year-old-needs-a-young-person-in-their-lives-to-mentor-and/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [I just have a more holistic sense of what it means to be for life, knowing that life does not just begin at conception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-just-have-a-more-holistic-sense-of-what-it-means-to-be-for-life/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/it-s-not-that-hard-to-say-slavery-is-wrong-after-we-ve-abolished-it/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [We think of justice sometimes as getting what you deserve, you know - what crime was committed and what is the punishment for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-think-of-justice-sometimes-as-getting-what-you-deserve-you-know/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/mother-theresa-said-it-is-not-how-much-we-give-that-is-important-but/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/no-one-has-seen-god-but-as-we-love-one-another-god-lives-in-us/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [“If you find yourself climbing the ladder of success, be careful or else on your way up you might pass Jesus on his way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/if-you-find-yourself-climbing-the-ladder-of-success-be-careful-or/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-need-good-laws-but-no-law-can-change-a-human-heart-only-god-can-do/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family praying together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/we-re-remembering-each-other-s-heroes-too-we-are-learning-each-other/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [There is a certain power when old and young come together - we can do more together than we can on our own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/there-is-a-certain-power-when-old-and-young-come-together-we-can-do/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/you-can-t-really-learn-god-s-hope-like-you-learn-the-logic-of-an/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

> [“Clarence Jordan, co-founder of Koinonia Farm, wrote, “The Good News of the resurrection is not that we shall die and go home with him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/clarence-jordan-co-founder-of-koinonia-farm-wrote-the-good-news-of/)

[Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/)

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