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title: "4 Understood Christianity Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-greenwood/my-grandparents-knew-it-was-important-that-i-understood-christianity/)

[Lee Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-greenwood/)

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> [Conservatives and liberals understand the Christian faith as a set of ideas because, so understood, Christianity seems to be a set of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/conservatives-and-liberals-understand-the-christian-faith-as-a-set-of/)

[Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/)

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> [“Properly understood, Christianity is by no means the opiate of the people. It’s more like the smelling salts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-keller/properly-understood-christianity-is-by-no-means-the-opiate-of-the/)

[Timothy Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-keller/)

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> [“Most of us have never really understood that Christianity is not a self-help religion meant to enable moral people to become more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/most-of-us-have-never-really-understood-that-christianity-is-not-a/)

[Elyse M. Fitzpatrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elyse-m-fitzpatrick/)

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