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John Shelby Spong quotes: A lot of people hear me attacking their certainty. I don't have any interest in doing that. I'm interested in penetrating the meaning of certainty. A lot of people hear me attacking their certainty. I don't have any interest in doing that. I'm interested in penetrating the meaning of certainty.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I live on the other side of Copernicus and Galileo; I can no longer conceive of God as sort of above the sky, looking down and keeping record books. I live on the other side of Copernicus and Galileo; I can no longer conceive of God as sort of above the sky, looking down and keeping record books.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state. Inequality for gay and lesbian people is no longer a debatable issue in either church or state.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious. I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious.
John Shelby Spong quotes: The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person. The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person.
John Shelby Spong quotes: When I'm asked to define God, I'm almost wordless. When I'm asked to define God, I'm almost wordless.
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: I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies. I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.
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: I believe that God is very real. I believe that God is very real.
John Shelby Spong quotes: It's almost inevitable that we become religious people. The question is, what kind of religion is it? It's almost inevitable that we become religious people. The question is, what kind of religion is it?
John Shelby Spong quotes: I find that children have very little trouble understanding non-literal stories. I find that children have very little trouble understanding non-literal stories.
John Shelby Spong quotes: The virgin birth, understood as literal biology, makes Christ's divinity, as traditionally understood, impossible. The virgin birth, understood as literal biology, makes Christ's divinity, as traditionally understood, impossible.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is. Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is.
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: 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 see Christianity in very humanistic terms. I see Christianity in very humanistic terms.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I can only give away the love that I have received. I can only give away the love that I have received.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I experience God as the power of love. I experience God as the power of love.
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: 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: The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people. The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people.
John Shelby Spong quotes: The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels. The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God. I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Hysterical fundamentalism is not the way into the future; it is the last gasp of the past. Hysterical fundamentalism is not the way into the future; it is the last gasp of the past.
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.
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: Christianity is not about the divine becoming human so much as it is about the human becoming divine. That is a paradigm shift of the first order. Christianity is not about the divine becoming human so much as it is about the human becoming divine. That is a paradigm shift of the first order.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness. Death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way. Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.
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: Some parts of the Bible are dreadful. In fact, my working title for The Sins of Scripture was "The Terrible Text of The Bible." Some parts of the Bible are dreadful. In fact, my working title for The Sins of Scripture was "The Terrible Text of The Bible."
John Shelby Spong quotes: What the mind cannot accept, the heart can finally never adore. What the mind cannot accept, the heart can finally never adore.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Paul's words are not the Words of God. They are the words of Paul- a vast difference. Paul's words are not the Words of God. They are the words of Paul- a vast difference.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I think we have to recover our spiritual nature. The way we have interpreted Christianity does not do that. I think we have to recover our spiritual nature. The way we have interpreted Christianity does not do that.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence. Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Paul drew, however, little more than hostility from those identified as the Orthodox party, for whom any change threatened their security. Paul drew, however, little more than hostility from those identified as the Orthodox party, for whom any change threatened their security.
John Shelby Spong quotes: The priesthood in many ways is the ultimate closet in Western civilization, where gay people particularly have hidden for the past two thousand years. The priesthood in many ways is the ultimate closet in Western civilization, where gay people particularly have hidden for the past two thousand years.
John Shelby Spong quotes: You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability. You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God isopen to life, open to love and open to being. I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God is
open to life, open to love and open to being.
John Shelby Spong quotes: The way you become divine is to become wholly human. The way you become divine is to become wholly human.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I have become convinced that we must put an end to atonement theology or there will be no future for the Christian faith. This I have become convinced that we must put an end to atonement theology or there will be no future for the Christian faith. This
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: 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: 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: 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: God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny. God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I don't think much about my physical body going off into the long, green fairways of Heaven to play golf. I don't think much about my physical body going off into the long, green fairways of Heaven to play golf.
John Shelby Spong quotes: [Charles] Darwin, for example, is the one who made us face the fact that the primary way we tell the Christ story doesn't work anymore. [Charles] Darwin, for example, is the one who made us face the fact that the primary way we tell the Christ story doesn't work anymore.
John Shelby Spong quotes: The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.
John Shelby Spong quotes: It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different. It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I prepare for death by living. I prepare for death by living.
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: Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good. Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I am a child of the 21st century. I am a child of the 21st century.
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: We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery. We walk into the mystery of God; we do not define that mystery.
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: I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son. I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.
John Shelby Spong quotes: Mother Nature is not sweet. Mother Nature is not sweet.
John Shelby Spong quotes: My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down? My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?
John Shelby Spong quotes: Religion is a mixed blessing. Religion is a mixed blessing.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I identify myself quite self-consciously with a man named Melchizedek, who was described in the book of Psalms as "a priest forever" (Ps. 110:4). I identify myself quite self-consciously with a man named Melchizedek, who was described in the book of Psalms as "a priest forever" (Ps. 110:4).
John Shelby Spong quotes: Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade. Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.
John Shelby Spong quotes: My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway. My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway.
John Shelby Spong quotes: I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates. I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.
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: I experience God as the power of life, the power of love and the ground of being. I don't say that's what God is; I say that's my experience of I experience God as the power of life, the power of love and the ground of being. I don't say that's what God is; I say that's my experience of God.

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