“Biblical higher criticism is preserved in the particular enclave of academic Christian scholarship and is thought to be too unfruitful to share with the average pew-sitter, for it raises more questions than the church can adequately answer. So the leaders of the church would protect the simple believers from concepts they were not trained to understand. In this way that ever-widening gap between academic Christians and the average pew-sitter made its first appearance.” WayFirstsMadeChristianReligionChurchSimpleAnswersLeaderShareParticularHigherProtectConceptsCriticismRaisesAverageAppearanceBelieverGapsAcademicBiblicalScholarship Author:John Shelby Spong
“To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. It is only a postponement of the real payment, a bribe paid for silence, a creditsystem in which a paper promise to pay answers for the time instead of liquidation. We owe to man higher succors than food and fire. We owe to man.” MenGivingRealAnswersPaySilenceFireHigherPromisePaperPaidCharityPaymentBribeSufferersPostponement Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“I believe that my connection, to my higher power, is separate from everybody’s. I don’t believe that the Muslims have all the answers. I don’t believe the Christians have all the answer, or the Jews have all the answers...” BelieveChristianI BelieveAnswersHigherConnectionsDon't BelieveJewHigher Power Author:Will Smith
“If we knock on the door until it opens, not taking no for an answer, our lives will be transformed as we step up into a higher awareness.” IfsSpiritualityAnswersStepsOur LivesDoorsAwarenessHigherTransformedStep UpCelestine Prophecy Author:James Redfield