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John Shelby Spong Quotes: "If you want to be a Roman Catholic scholar and write, you've got to write in such a way that nobody understands what you're saying, and then you're thought to be profound."

If you want to be a Roman Catholic scholar and write, you've got to write in such a way that nobody understands what you're saying, and then you're thought to be profound.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "We're either going to be driven to a whole new sense of radical interdependence where we are, in the Bible's words, our neighbor's keeper, or destroy ourselves."

We're either going to be driven to a whole new sense of radical interdependence where we are, in the Bible's words, our neighbor's keeper, or destroy ourselves.




John Shelby Spong Quotes: "In fact, in 1724 the Western world learned that women were co-creators of life that's when it was discovered that women had an egg cell."

In fact, in 1724 the Western world learned that women were co-creators of life that's when it was discovered that women had an egg cell.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "The thing that intrigues me about Matthew is that I don't believe anybody would read it if they aren't Jewish and understand it. And so to say that publicly as a Christian is kind of interesting."

The thing that intrigues me about Matthew is that I don't believe anybody would read it if they aren't Jewish and understand it. And so to say that publicly as a Christian is kind of interesting.




John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I know Jerry [Falwell] fairly well, and he's probably not bright enough to recognize all of the implications of what he said."

I know Jerry [Falwell] fairly well, and he's probably not bright enough to recognize all of the implications of what he said.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "So much organized religion, in my opinion, ends up being life-denying."

So much organized religion, in my opinion, ends up being life-denying.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I see Christianity in very humanistic terms."

I see Christianity in very humanistic terms.




John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion, but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow my focus to talk about Christianity."

I think I could make the case for any kind of organized religion, but I'm not an expert in those, so let me narrow my focus to talk about Christianity.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Toward the end of his life, [Arnold] Toynby said the Christianity he saw developing was brittle, imperialistic and incapable of reforming itself."

Toward the end of his life, [Arnold] Toynby said the Christianity he saw developing was brittle, imperialistic and incapable of reforming itself.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "What happened in the Western world was that Plato ceased to be the way people thought. Aristotle was rediscovered, and the modern, educated world moved toward Aristotelian thinking."

What happened in the Western world was that Plato ceased to be the way people thought. Aristotle was rediscovered, and the modern, educated world moved toward Aristotelian thinking.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people."

I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I go where I'm invited. And all I can tell you is if we accepted every invitation we had, I'd be away every day of my life."

I go where I'm invited. And all I can tell you is if we accepted every invitation we had, I'd be away every day of my life.




John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Human wholeness can never be found in the denigration of another"

Human wholeness can never be found in the denigration of another



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I am a child of the 21st century."

I am a child of the 21st century.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I've never known about anyone being helped by being told how wretched, miserable, sinful, and evil they are."

I've never known about anyone being helped by being told how wretched, miserable, sinful, and evil they are.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Prayer is not adult letters written to Santa Claus, and God is not some parent-like figure up in the sky who's going to take care of us."

Prayer is not adult letters written to Santa Claus, and God is not some parent-like figure up in the sky who's going to take care of us.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Some people think prayer stops bullets or rockets or land mines. It doesn't. That's magic, that's not God. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Some people think prayer stops bullets or rockets or land mines. It doesn't. That's magic, that's not God. Sometimes, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case."

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "When I look back at the Christian faith, I see that we have had to retranslate, almost reinvent ourselves a number of times."

When I look back at the Christian faith, I see that we have had to retranslate, almost reinvent ourselves a number of times.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I've never met anybody who was helped by being told how wretched, miserable and sinful they are."

I've never met anybody who was helped by being told how wretched, miserable and sinful they are.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance."

There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I still hope. I wouldn't be in this position if I didn't. I love the church. I love the Bible. But I think we're in a time where we're desperately in need of a great reformation."

I still hope. I wouldn't be in this position if I didn't. I love the church. I love the Bible. But I think we're in a time where we're desperately in need of a great reformation.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God."

I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be."

Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Benedict XVI kept saying that homosexuals are deviant. They're not deviant. They're deviant only if you say that anyone who is different from me is abnormal."

Benedict XVI kept saying that homosexuals are deviant. They're not deviant. They're deviant only if you say that anyone who is different from me is abnormal.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish."

It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history."

Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history."

The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an incarnate deity."

The miracle stories of the New Testament can no longer be interpreted in a post-Newtonian world as supernatural events performed by an incarnate deity.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I experience God as the power of love."

I experience God as the power of love.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I believe that God is very real."

I believe that God is very real.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "I'm not writing for fundamentalists. I'm writing for the people who have been repelled by that kind of thinking and yet who think there might be something they haven't yet discovered."

I'm not writing for fundamentalists. I'm writing for the people who have been repelled by that kind of thinking and yet who think there might be something they haven't yet discovered.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "Religion is a mixed blessing."

Religion is a mixed blessing.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred writings of the Christian church."

The biblical texts that we Christians have used for centuries to justify our hostility toward the Jews need to be banished forever from the sacred writings of the Christian church.



John Shelby Spong Quotes: "As he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature."

As he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature.