Bible Quote by Mark Twain

“There is one notable thing about our Christianity: bad, bloody, merciless, money-grabbing and predatory as it is -- in our country particularly, and in…

— Mark Twain

Despite its protests to the contrary, modern Christianity has become willy-nilly the religion of the state and the economic status quo. Because it has…

— Wendell Berry

Many things about American life, that even secular people consider good, have flowed from the presence of a robust, resilient institutional Christianity.

— Ross Douthat

“ Authentic Christianity and the world are by definition at odds. For most Americans, Christianity has been watered down and rendered innocuous, like so…

— Thomas Reeves

Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present in any…

— Bruce Kent

Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and…

— Shane Claiborne

As our culture has become increasingly hostile to Christianity, it has become correspondingly open to wickedness.

— Rick Scarborough

Christianity has been cruel in much to the human race. It has quenched much of the sweet joy and gladness of life; it has…

— Ouida

But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

— Alan Hirsch

When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world

— Anonymous

Christianity can be built around isolating ourselves from evildoers and sinners, creating a community of religious piety and moral purity. That’s the Christianity I…

— Shane Claiborne

“The American people spend thousands of dollars to propagate the doctrines of the fall of man, the creation of the world out of nothing…

— Virchand Gandhi