"One of God's central qualities is compassion, a……" — Marcus Borg
"One of God's central qualities is compassion, a word that in Hebrew is related to the word for "womb." Not only is compassion a female image suggesting source of life and nourishment but it also has a feeling dimension: God as compassionate Spirit feels for us as a mother feels for the children of her womb. Spirit feels the suffering of the world and participates in it. . . ."
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18 Quotes by Marcus Borg
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Christianity's goal is not escape from this world. It loves this world and seeks to change it for the better.
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How can women be in the image of God if God cannot be imaged in female form?
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The Christian life is not about pleasing God the finger-shaker and judge. It is not about believing now or being…
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'Believing' cannot tip the scales in making a historical judgement about whether something really happened. I can choose to believe…
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The Bible is a human product: it tells us how our religious ancestors saw things, not how God sees things
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God’s dream for us is not simply peace of mind, but peace on earth.
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The Bible is true, and some of it actually happened.
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Imagine that Christianity is about loving God,
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