Bible Quote by Sam Harris

Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional or pious…

— Thomas Merton

“We take a cavalier approach to Scripture at our own peril. If the scientific and historical accounts are true, then the commandments, promises and…

— Craig Olson

“Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance. [...] By failing to live by the letter of the texts [scripture], while…

— Sam Harris

Logically, taking Scripture seriously means being passionately concerned about interpreting it correctly and thus welcoming any evidence that exposes erroneous understandings of the biblical…

— Hugh Ross

“What we believe about the Bible makes a dramatic difference in how we live our lives. If the Bible is simply a collection of…

— Mark A. Finley

If the Bible is not the Word of God and inspired, the whole of Christendom for 1800 years has been under an immense delusion;…

— J. C. Ryle

“Whether you are a believer—fundamentalist, evangelical, moderate, liberal—or a nonbeliever, the Bible is the most significant book in the history of our civilization. Coming…

— Bart D. Ehrman

The problem that religious moderation poses for all of us is that it does not permit anything very critical to be said about religious…

— Sam Harris

Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for belief. There…

— Jeffrey Tayler

With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It…

— Leland Ryken

“What theological conservatives need to guard against, though, is thinking that because we affirm the Bible to be God’s inerrant and authoritative word, we…

— Stephen J. Nichols

The Bible unites its interpreters as a shared focus of attention, but it does not demand consensus. On the contrary, it invites and prods…

— Zygmunt Bauman