Robert M. Price

(1954) Theologian United States

51 quotes in 376 categories

Robert M. Price is a theologian from the United States, best known for H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos.

Quick Facts About Robert M. Price

Born: July 7, 1954
Nationality: United States
Profession: Theologian
Notable works: H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu mythos
Known for: Crypt of Cthulhu, Midnight Shambler, Journal of Higher Criticism

About Robert M. Price

Robert McNair Price is an American New Testament scholar who argues in favor of the Christ myth theory – the claim that a historical Jesus did not exist. Price is the author of a number of books on biblical studies and the historicity of Jesus.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Robert M. Price

"You ask me how I know he lives?" asks the revival chorus. "He lives within my heart." Exactly! A figment.

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Ask me

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The Koran was assembled from a variety of prior Hagarene texts (hence the contradictions re Jesus' death) in order to provide the…

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Contradiction

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The notorious tendency of conservative apologists and New Age paperback writers alike is to leap from mere possibility to the right to…

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Age

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Real morality is not the product of fearing a spanking. But what does fundamentalist hell-belief encourage? It retards any developing moral judgment…

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Belief

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“The answer is simple: if you cannot find meaning inherent in life right now, as you live it in this visible world,…

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Immortality

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“Warren is stuck in Sunday School-level, pretheological fundamentalism. It is religious infantilism of the kind that Freud to conclude that religion is…

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Fundamentalism

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Fundamentalism fills you with answers before you even think to ask the questions.

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Answers

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“Born-again living seemed to me just a crutch which no longer facilitated healing and growth, but actually protracted immaturity.”

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Born-again-christianity

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“But if subjective pietism is not the real crux of this all-important Gospel, if it is instead belief in the plan of…

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Fundamentalists

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I wonder how appropriate it is to try to 'argue someone into the kingdom.' Many apologists hotly deny any such charge, but…

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Apologetic

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“I bet you've seen the fundamentalist bumper sticker that says, "God said it! I believe it! That settles it!" It must be…

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Fundamentalism

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The born-again gospel promises joy and peace of mind, but it does so by prolonging childhood.

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Born

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A critic may reject some miracle stories as legendary, and not others, with no inconsistency at all for the simple reason that…

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Cases

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“Luke 17:5-6, a Lukan paraphrase of Mark 11:22-24, strikes a surprising note of pessimism: "The apostles said to the Lord, `Increase our…

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Bible

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Today's Politically Correct "historical Jesuses" are no different, being mere clones of the scholars who design them.

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Atheism

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“The lesson of Left Behind is a warning to repent the sin of critical thinking, which the fundamentalist, eager for people to…

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Critical thinking

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“Catholicism ... tries to grab all the poker chips on the table, kick everybody out of the game, and then pretend they…

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Catholicism

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Many New Testament scholars have observed that the conception of the resurrection body implied in 1 Corinthians 15 clashes so violently with…

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Bible

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In broad outline and in detail, the life of Jesus as portrayed in the gospels corresponds to the worldwide Mythic Hero Archetype…

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Acclaim

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“Fundamentalists offer us a "loving" God who is some kind of divine stalker.”

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Fundamentalist

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For the believer in divine creation, the open question of the Mystery of Being is like an open wound. It stings and…

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Answers

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One can believe God capable of anything without believing that he did everything anybody may say he did. One can believe in…

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Believe

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What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the…

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Accounts