Bizarre Quote by Larry Hurtado

The version I got of Christianity was quite confusing to me, even as a child, because there were certain things that didn't add up.

— Terence Trent D'Arby

First I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense inn it.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Superficial similarities exist between Christianity and some ancient pagan religions. But careful study reveals that there are far more dissimilarities.

— Anonymous

I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category, and that…

— Larry Hurtado

“early modern Christianity is often portrayed as an essentially European religion. This is regrettable because classic Christianity has its pre-European roots in cultures that…

— Thomas C. Oden

It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced.

— William Barclay

I think that Rodney Stark studies of new religious movements in the modern world give us some insights into the kinds of questions that…

— Larry Hurtado

Christianity - An old metaphysical romance, filled with marvels, contradictions, and absurdity, born in the ardent imagination of Orientals, has spread into our Europe.…

— Frederick The Great

“The disasters of the late Middle Ages tore Christianity from its roots—cultural, geographical, and linguistic. This “uprooting” created the Christianity that we commonly think…

— Philip Jenkins

Early Christianity, like Roman-era philosophical traditions, laid emphasis on everyday behavior, about how to live your life.

— Larry Hurtado

Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then…

— Frederick The Great