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> [“Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with the purity of our interpretations. But orthodoxy, as believing in the right way, as bringing love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/orthodoxy-as-right-belief-will-cost-us-little-indeed-it-will-allow-us/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

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## Other authors on Right Belief

## More by Peter Rollins

> [“Our real beliefs are generally not to be found at the level of ego.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/our-real-beliefs-are-generally-not-to-be-found-at-the-level-of-ego/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/here-god-is-not-approached-as-an-object-that-we-must-love-but-as-a/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [In contrast we let go of existence, meaning, and the sublime as categories to describe the object “God.” Instead these become ways in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/in-contrast-we-let-go-of-existence-meaning-and-the-sublime-as/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [“What we see taking place in the church today is the reduction of God to an idol.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/what-we-see-taking-place-in-the-church-today-is-the-reduction-of-god/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/christianity-can-be-described-as-a-theological-materialism-it-is-that/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/truly-embracing-the-fragility-and-tensions-of-life-brings-with-it-the/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [“However, we rarely see what happens after the hero grasps what is sought, for if we did, the impotence of the MacGuffin would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/however-we-rarely-see-what-happens-after-the-hero-grasps-what-is/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [“Orthodoxy as right belief will cost us little; indeed, it will allow us to sit back with our Pharisaic doctrines, guarding the ‘truth’ with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/orthodoxy-as-right-belief-will-cost-us-little-indeed-it-will-allow-us/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [I deny the resurrection every time I turn my back on the poor or become a cog in a system of injustice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/i-deny-the-resurrection-every-time-i-turn-my-back-on-the-poor-or/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [“playing at the entrance of the hut. “Whose children are these?” he asked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/playing-at-the-entrance-of-the-hut-whose-children-are-these-he-asked/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [What if the church should be less concerned with creating saints than creating a world where we do not need saints? A world where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/what-if-the-church-should-be-less-concerned-with-creating-saints-than/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [“For just as one person’s idol is another’s icon, so one person’s fable is another’s parable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/for-just-as-one-person-s-idol-is-another-s-icon-so-one-person-s-fable/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [“After that day, the father began to take an interest in his son’s life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/after-that-day-the-father-began-to-take-an-interest-in-his-son-s-life/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [The church is a place where we make our prejudice sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/the-church-is-a-place-where-we-make-our-prejudice-sacred/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

> [To believe is human to doubt is divine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-rollins/to-believe-is-human-to-doubt-is-divine/)

[Peter Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-rollins/)

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