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title: "2 Perception Christian Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [What people need to see is this openness, not this church that is so built on structure and religious order that you can't be free and worship God and have a good time because we're so caught up in condemnation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-hood/what-people-need-to-see-is-this-openness-not-this-church-that-is-so/)

[Robert Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-hood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/robert-hood-29289_built_what-people-need-to-see-is-this-openness_1533031.jpg)

> [I've been a Christian for a long time, and I think that Christianity gets a bad rap. I think that people's perception of what a Christian is today is something that is close-minded and narrow, and that's not what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andie-macdowell/i-ve-been-a-christian-for-a-long-time-and-i-think-that-christianity/)

[Andie MacDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andie-macdowell/)

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