Best John Shelby Spong Quotes
- I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to… All
- I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God is--open to life, open to love and open to being. All
- Jesus' power is the power of human wholeness that ultimately opens, invites and enables human beings to step beyond defense lines where incomplete humanity always… Always Hides
- The great biblical tradition says that loving God and loving one's neighbor are not two separate actions but two sides of the same action. It… Action
- Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's neighbor.... The push… Attacks
- Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is. Boundaries
- All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars… All
- You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability. Dieting
- I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates. Beings
- You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a… Along
- Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good. Diminishes
- I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. Begins
- I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people. Detriment
- Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. Church
- If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists… Begin
- Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down… Been
- God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny. Define
- I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies. Early
- I live on the other side of Copernicus and Galileo; I can no longer conceive of God as sort of above the sky, looking down… Book
- Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence. Adherence
- Religion is a mixed blessing. Blessing
- I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's… Admire
- I am a child of the 21st century. Century
- I believe that God is very real. Believe
- I can only give away the love that I have received. Funny
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