Affirming Quote by Gregory A. Boyd

The violent portraits of God in Scripture have become one of the biggest obstacles to believers coming to faith. When we can show how…

— Gregory A. Boyd

“Scripture’s violent portraits of God will continue to pollute our mental images of God until we find a way to reconcile them with Jesus’s…

— Gergory A. Boyd

...Jesus did not advocate non-violence merely as a technique for outwitting the enemy, but as a just means of opposing the enemy in such…

— Walter Wink

The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all…

— St. Vincent

God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.

— Vincent de Paul

The most violent expression of God's wrath and justice is seen in the Cross. If ever a person had room to complain for injustice,…

— Anonymous

You cannot find one single verse in the New Testament that calls for violence against non-believers. Jesus said to love your enemies. Muhammad said…

— Robert Jeffress

It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The individual that believes God permits a man to hit a woman or speak to her using abusive language, is void of understanding who…

— Ellen J. Barrier

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

“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

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