I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather emerging into higher and higher levels of consciousness and higher and higher levels of complication.
The Bible is full of dreadful things. There's a Psalm that says "Happy will you be when you take your enemy's children and dash their heads against t… - John Shelby Spong
The Bible is full of dreadful things. There's a Psalm that says "Happy will you be when you take your enemy's children and dash their heads against t…
- John Shelby Spong
True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery o… - John Shelby Spong
True religion is not about possessing the truth. No religion does that. It is rather an invitation into a journey that leads one toward the mystery o…
The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end. - John Shelby Spong
The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.
The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed. - John Shelby Spong
The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.
The Bible was written between 3,000 and 2,000 years ago, and it's filled with the knowledge that people had in that period of time, some of which you… - John Shelby Spong
The Bible was written between 3,000 and 2,000 years ago, and it's filled with the knowledge that people had in that period of time, some of which you…
I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather e… - John Shelby Spong
I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather e…
There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance. - John Shelby Spong
There's an awful lot of biblical ignorance, and the church perpetuates that ignorance.
All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being, whether based on … - John Shelby Spong
All human beings bear God's image and must be respected for what each person is. Therefore, no external description of one's being, whether based on …
The 20th century was a turning point; it freed and emancipated women, broke the back of segregation, and began the struggle to give justice to gay an… - John Shelby Spong
The 20th century was a turning point; it freed and emancipated women, broke the back of segregation, and began the struggle to give justice to gay an…
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