Bible Quote by Benjamin Clementine Download Open image “People take things too literal in the Bible and it's totally wrong.” — Benjamin Clementine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bible Literal People
Taking the Bible too literally is a mistake. It should be read as a guidebook of wisdom and insight. — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
People often get upset when you teach them what is in the Bible rather than what they presume is in the Bible. — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
If people are taught wrong, raised wrong, or haven't taken the Bible seriously enough, then they can go into academic error, emotional error, psychological… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
The ordinary Christian with the Bible in his hand can say that the majority is wrong. — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
“The bible when taken metaphorically, provides us the truth about god; but when taken literally, the bible provides as the truth about man.” — Joey Lawsin Copy Share Image
It's a great tragedy when the Bible is interpreted by those who are not in love. — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
“The Bible is not absurd for the people who wrote it; it becomes absurd when people in our day insist on taking it literally.… — Robert Alley Copy Share Image
Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own. — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I think it is all about creating characters, mixing them up with the stars and the light-years, and coming back to Earth, because we're… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians - they would ask us, "What's the shortest verse in the Bible?" and I… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Where you're from shapes you, but you can actually do whatever you want. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I know that New York is big - there are huge buildings - but, in fact, it's quite small and contained... I like it… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
There's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
The real self is who you are when you're at home, when you're comfortable, and the false self is what you're pretending - and… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
With this sort of career, you need determination. You've got to sacrifice a lot of things: family, friends - not that I had any… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I dedicate all my time to music. And I'm glad that it's paying off in some ways. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“God hates Hell. He hates the idea of people going there. He hates it so much that He was willing to take on human… — Evan Minton Copy Share Image
“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.” — Michael Arnold Copy Share Image
When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell… — Lee Greenwood Copy Share Image
“Scripture also teaches that human beings are morally responsible creatures” — Robert A. Peterson Copy Share Image
“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace… — Stephen Taylor Copy Share Image
O Word of God incarnate . . . It is the golden casket Where gems of truth are stored; It is the heaven-drawn picture… — Walsham How Copy Share Image
Every plant which my heavenly father has not planted with be uprooted — Jesus Christ Copy Share Image
Where I come from you're not raised to think on your own. It's not that you're pushed to read the Bible. The Bible is… — Abel Ferrara Copy Share Image
“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
