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John Shelby Spong has 91 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.
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When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have…
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The virgin birth, understood as literal biology, makes Christ's divinity, as traditionally understood, impossible.
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The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an…
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The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts…
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Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.
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The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must…
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If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is…
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The right to a good death is a basic human freedom. The [2006-JAN] Supreme Court's decision to uphold aid in dying allows…
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The great danger... in believing yourself especially chosen is that it becomes easy to view those who are not your people as…
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All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being,…
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Paul's words are not the Words of God. They are the words of Paul- a vast difference.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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