Those of us raised in the Christian tradition need to choose to either see God in Jesus or to continue to let the Bible define God. Our tradition says that Jesus is God. Maybe we should act as if we think he is instead of worshipping a book. Maybe we should be brave enough to admit that we are compelled to either become blinded ideologues or we need to forthrightly pick and choose what we follow in the Bible. Most Christians do that anyway, many just don’t admit it.
Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible… - Frank Schaeffer
Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible…
- Frank Schaeffer
Take empathy, something added to human nature very recently and moving as we speak. Less than 300 years ago, Christians were enjoying watching a bear… - Frank Schaeffer
Take empathy, something added to human nature very recently and moving as we speak. Less than 300 years ago, Christians were enjoying watching a bear…
People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them. - Frank Schaeffer
People are not as one-dimensional as the stories about them.
All we know about Jesus is what someone else wrote down... so really one should say, "Here is what someone wrote down that they said Jesus said..." t… - Frank Schaeffer
All we know about Jesus is what someone else wrote down... so really one should say, "Here is what someone wrote down that they said Jesus said..." t…
The Republican base is now made up of religious and neoconservative ideologues, and the uneducated white underclass with a token person of color or t… - Frank Schaeffer
The Republican base is now made up of religious and neoconservative ideologues, and the uneducated white underclass with a token person of color or t…
There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of Handel's Messiah. - Frank Schaeffer
There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of Handel's Messiah.
We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father. - Frank Schaeffer
We don't just change our minds, we change the way we see things. That's one reason I'm a better grandfather than I was a father.
Evangelical Christians are not sincere. It is all about making money. - Frank Schaeffer
Evangelical Christians are not sincere. It is all about making money.
There were three kinds of evangelical leaders: The dumb or idealistic ones who really believed. The out-and-out charlatans. And the smart ones who st… - Frank Schaeffer
There were three kinds of evangelical leaders: The dumb or idealistic ones who really believed. The out-and-out charlatans. And the smart ones who st…
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