Appalling Quote by Christopher Hitchens Download Open image “The violence in the Bible is appalling.” — Christopher Hitchens ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Appalling Bible Christianity Crime Violence
“What you find in the Bible are stories accurately reflecting the dominant consciousness of the day, and yet right in among and sometimes even… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do… — Oscar A. Romero Copy Share Image
The Bible is a novel that's crazy... it has murder, it has victory it has mayhem, it has disaster, it has war, sanctification. — Fred Hammond Copy Share Image
“The Bible is the weapon which enables us to join with our Lord on the offensive in defeating the spiritual hosts of wickedness. But… — Francis A. Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible. — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
In my rational mind, I know... that is a very simplistic way of looking at it, but when there is violence of that kind,… — Linda Vester Copy Share Image
“Violence promises us something we all deeply desire, something we genuinely want; violence promises us peace. Violence promises us, that in the end, when… — Ronnie McBrayer Copy Share Image
The true strength of the Christian is the power of truth and love, which leads to the renunciation of all violence. Faith and violence… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The violence in the Old Testament and New Testament is descriptive. The violence in the Koran is for all time and it is prescriptive.… — Pamela Geller Copy Share Image
“The spirit of our accurate and exact philosophy is outraged by conclusions that contradict each other so glaringly.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Many governments employ torture but this was the first time that the element of Saturnalia and pornography in the process had been made so… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In the very recent past, we have seen the Church of Rome befouled by its complicity with the unpardonable sin of child rape, or,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Suppose there were groups of secularists at hospitals who went round the terminally ill and urged them to adopt atheism: 'Don't be a mug… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It isn’t so long since a test of Anglican orthodoxy was applied to anyone seeking to study or teach at Oxford and Cambridge universities.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Gullibility and credulity are considered undesireable qualities in every department of human life - except religion ... Why are we praised by godly men… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It's much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don't know quite why this is true but it just is. Don't… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
This new thing about liking yourself, I find that absolutely appalling. Anyone who likes themselves, I just can't go too close to them. To… — Carole Bouquet Copy Share Image
The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot. Any or… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each day is… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
A female friend who caught me watching Fashion TV reckons its audience is largely made up of slobbering men who are just taking a… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
In life, comedy occurs naturally, as it should, in the most appalling of circumstances. — Peter Baynham Copy Share Image
It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is… — John Burdett Copy Share Image
“Silence can be breathing space and spawn release and wellness in a time of appalling inflation of words. But silence may be intolerably screaming,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
It's appalling how much money raised at some charity events gets wasted on paying personnel and admin staff. — Jasmine Guinness Copy Share Image
The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine… — Giles Gilbert Scott Copy Share Image
This idea that you can 'cure' homosexuality is appalling and simply not true. — Tommy Dorfman Copy Share Image
People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief. — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image