Character Quote by Bertrand Russell

Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people.

— John Piper

As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the devout-there may…

— Jon Krakauer

Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.

— John Piper

To an age which has unashamedly sold itself to the gods of greed, pride, sex, and self-will, the church mumbles on about God's kindness…

— J. I. Packer

The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in…

— Carol P. Christ

Let us be done with the notion that religion is confined to petty pieties and small constraints. All too often people who have possessed…

— A. Powell Davies

Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish…

— Lydia M. Child

The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional…

— Henry Grady Weaver

“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity…

— Christopher Hitchens

To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence…

— Jon Evans

Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly…

— A. B. Simpson