Bible Quote by John Shelby Spong

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

— Horace Greeley

The Bible is big in the religion, treating people as you want to be treated.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Do you not know that the God of the Old Testament orders the Jews to consume and enslave the peoples of the earth?

— Julius Streicher

The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but…

— Christopher Hitchens

“The scriptures present a God who delights in genocide, rape, slavery, and the execution of nonconformists, and for millennia those writings were used to…

— Steven Pinker

“With the exception of Leviticus and Numbers, written by the priestly classes, most of the Bible is written by or about people who are…

— Richard Rohr

“The violence isn’t that surprising; what’s surprising is that among all that violence are new ideas about serving and blessing and nonviolence. Here’s what…

— Rob Bell

“The warnings given to the Hebrews against assimilating with the heathen were not more direct or explicit than are those forbidding Christians to conform…

— Ellen G. White

You who believe, do not take the Jews and Christians as friends; they are allies only to each other. Anyone who takes them as…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“The Bible says, 'Love thy neighbor.'" "That could mean to leave him alone.”

— Charles Bukowski

Abide by the bible, not by other people.

— Torie Kocher

The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the…

— John Shelby Spong