Bible Quote by Rob Bell

The violence in the Bible is appalling.

— Christopher Hitchens

“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

“Violence promises us something we all deeply desire, something we genuinely want; violence promises us peace. Violence promises us, that in the end, when…

— Ronnie McBrayer

“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do…

— Oscar A. Romero

Is there a more violent book than the Bible?

— George Pelecanos

“There are very subtle shades of violence, I can assure you. A civilization that renounces the possibility of resorting to violence in thought or…

— Arturo Pérez-Reverte

My own view is that violence is a part of classical Haida literature - and of every mythology everywhere, so far as I can…

— Robert Bringhurst

With every righteous action, we prepare the way for the New Earth on which righteousness will dwell. And bringing justice to those who suffer…

— Jürgen Moltmann

“Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It’s attractive because it’s simple, it’s direct, it’s almost always available as…

— Corey, James S. A

I think it's likely that the civilizing effect of literature has done most of the work, and still continues to do. Look at Steven…

— Martin Amis

Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of the purity of a Divine Being, as the horrid…

— Thomas Paine