I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
If you want to be a Roman Catholic scholar and write, you've got to write in such a way that nobody understands… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Christ path is the path I've walked all my life, so it's normal and natural. And I have no reason to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
If I want to put a Christmas tree in my yard, or three crosses for the crucifixion story, that's fine. But if… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I have no problem with anybody who wants to bear public witness to their religion, but I don't think they can do… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I look at American Christianity and I'm almost in despair. I don't want to be identified with it. The Christian vote in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
To have a great university library near you with plenty of archives of all the journals that you want to research in… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I want to see Christianity enhance our humanity instead of rescue us from some fall. I don't want us to be depending… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I was raised pretty much a fundamentalist, but the one thing that fundamentalism gave to me was the love for that book… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“When a human life is open to all that humanity can be, humanity and divinity flow together as one. It was and is a… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I don't see Jesus as rescuing the fallen; I see Jesus as expanding the potential of life. The primary reason the old idea of… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
We live in a very pluralistic society today. There are Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, atheists, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Christians like me. There are… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Bible was written between 3,000 and 2,000 years ago, and it's filled with the knowledge that people had in that period of time, some of which you and I rejected long ago. The Bible says that women are property, that homosexuals ought to be put to death, that anybody who worships a false God ought to be executed, that… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share
We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
Some people think prayer stops bullets or rockets or land mines. It doesn't. That's magic, that's not God. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The Hebrew scriptures say it's okay to enslave anybody except your fellow Jews. It says you should enslave only your neighbors. I say to… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
