“The tendency to turn human judgements into divine commands turns religion into one of the most dangerous forces in the world.” ReligionGeorgia Harkness Author:Georgia Harkness
“churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand that feeds it.” HandsReligionChurchMajorsCapitalismInstitutionsBitesRooted Author:Georgia Harkness
“while religion is ethical, it by no means follows that ethics is religion.” MeanReligionEthicsEthical Author:Georgia Harkness
“The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power.” MayReligionDangerInsightSubstitutesPerpetualPropheticGentility Author:Georgia Harkness
“Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians!” ThinkingWorldPersonsSeemsChristianBeautifulArtistReligionTasteBoundsScholarNeverthelessGreat ArtBeautiful WomenGreat ArtistGood TasteAnnouncing Author:Georgia Harkness
“religion is perhaps its own worst enemy. For religion, masquerading under the guise of archaic creeds, and impossible literalisms, and ecclesiasticism indifferent to human needs, has brought about an inevitable and in many respects wholesome revulsion.” NeedsHumansReligionEnemyImpossibleWorstInevitableCreedsIndifferentWorst EnemyGuiseHuman NeedsRevulsion Author:Georgia Harkness
“The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.” TodayReligionFightingExistenceBattlePrimariesJustify Author:Georgia Harkness
“Religion is the most widely debated and least agreed upon phenomenon of human history.” HumansReligionPhenomenonHuman History Author:Georgia Harkness
