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Religious Quotes by John Shelby Spong
- Jesus becomes the captive of the hysterically religious, the chronically fearful, the insecure and even the neurotic among us, or he becomes little more than…
- I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to…
- All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars…
- I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious.
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- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
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