"You can cite a hundred references to show……" — Dan Barker
"You can cite a hundred references to show that the biblical God is a bloodthirsty tyrant, but if they can dig up two or three verses that say "God is love" they will claim that you are taking things out of context!"
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37 Quotes by Dan Barker
Dan Barker has 37 quotes on this site.
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You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need…
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Love is not obedience, conformity, or submission. It is a counterfeit love that is contingent upon authority, punishment, or reward.…
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How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost ?
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I threw out all the bath water, and there was no baby there.
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To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for…
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You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime.
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I am an atheist because there is no evidence for the existence of God. That should be all that needs…
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There is joy in rationality, happiness in clarity of mind. Freethought is thrilling and fulfilling - absolutely essential to mental…
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If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true.…
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Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But…
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There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or…
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There is no evidence for a god, no coherent definition of a god, no good argument for a god, good…
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Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
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My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to…
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When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most…
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The biblical method of change begins in the heart of man with the Gospel. It transforms the mind of man…
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The church as a whole has strayed quite far from biblical evangelism; that is, sharing the Gospel in the way…
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Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to stand up for the oppressed.…
— Tony Campolo
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It will greatly help you to understand scripture if you note - no only what is spoken and written, but…
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When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".
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Bible reading is an education in itself.
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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should…
— Joseph Butler
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It is clear that there must be difficulties for us in a revelation such as the Bible. If someone were…
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