--- title: "4 Rod Bennett Quotes" description: "Rod Bennett has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/rod-bennett-67753_religion_the-explosion-of-grotesque-immorality-we_1267418.jpg" --- # Rod Bennett **4** quotes in **6** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Rod Bennett > [“The explosion of grotesque immorality we associate with imperial Rome—open prostitution and perversion, the bloody gladiatorial combats, and so forth—is best understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-bennett/the-explosion-of-grotesque-immorality-we-associate-with-imperial-rome/) [Rod Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-bennett/) [Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/rod-bennett-67753_religion_the-explosion-of-grotesque-immorality-we_1267418.jpg) > [“Christianity made people unpatriotic, made them intolerant and dogmatic, willing to criticize other people’s gods and alternative lifestyles.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-bennett/christianity-made-people-unpatriotic-made-them-intolerant-and/) [Rod Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-bennett/) [Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/rod-bennett-67753_christianity_christianity-made-people-unpatriotic-mad_1544343.jpg) > [“Nicaea really was, after all, a sort of “coming of age” for the Church—and like many adolescents, she hesitated to leave childhood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-bennett/nicaea-really-was-after-all-a-sort-of-coming-of-age-for-the-church/) [Rod Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-bennett/) [Catholic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/rod-bennett-67753_children_nicaea-really-was-after-all-a-sort-of-co_2017251.jpg) > [“G.K. Chesterton put it well: “It was the best thing the world had yet seen, all things considered and on any large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rod-bennett/g-k-chesterton-put-it-well-it-was-the-best-thing-the-world-had-yet/) [Rod Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-bennett/) [Human race](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-race/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/rod-bennett-67753_human-race_g-k-chesterton-put-it-well-it-was-the-be_2085550.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rod-bennett/#itemlist", "name": "Rod Bennett Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The explosion of grotesque immorality we associate with imperial Rome—open prostitution and perversion, the bloody gladiatorial combats, and so forth—is best understood as a response to this religious collapse: a mass of hopeless, worn-out cynics trying to shock themselves awake whether with pleasure or pain. 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