“Assuming that he believes at all, the everyday Christian is a pitiful figure, a man who really cannot count up to three, and who besides, precisely because of his mental incompetence, would not deserve such a punishment as Christianity promises him.” MenBelieveChristianThreeChristianityFiguresPromiseDeserveAssumingEverydayPunishmentIncompetencePitiful Book:Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits Source: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.” WorldCharacterChristianChristFiguresFeaturesTendernessPatheticWidows Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“The only figure in history who endures is Jesus.” ChristianReligionJesusFiguresEndure Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions; but such a talent is inadequate. A better sort of talent neglects these extraneous ornaments, unworthy to be used in the service of the Gospel: such a preacher's sermon will be simple, strong and Christian.” PeopleIfsChristianQualityToo MuchStyleFiguresMoralitySpeechBrilliantCharmDescriptionNeglectPossessedPreacherRepetitionVividRemarksUnworthyOrnamentsExhilaratingFigures Of Speech Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I said to myself if Christianity is dead, I will sit at its tomb and will weep until it arises again, just as Mary Magdalene sat at the tomb of Jesus and wept until Jesus showed Himself. Then when I came out of prison I saw Christianity is not dead. The number of practicing Christians in Rumania according to the figures given by the Communists themselves in 20 years of Communist dictatorship has grown 300 percent.” IfsYearsSaidChristianJesusGivenNumbersChristianitySawsFiguresPercentPrisonAriseSatCommunistMaryDictatorshipWeepingTombsMary Magdalene Author:Richard Wurmbrand
“Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion that it could, in effect, be made illegal to imply ridicule of a religion or to lampoon religious figures.” MadeChristianReligiousMy OwnCareersAtheismEffectsFiguresNotionPositive AtheismBackgroundsIllegalRidiculeAghast Author:Rowan Atkinson
“Concerning First Amendment fetishism - A federal subsidy for a photo of a crucifix suspended in a jar of urine is fine, but religious figures on stamps are offensive.” FirstsChristianReligiousFiguresFineAmendmentsOffensiveStampsFirst AmendmentJarsSuspendedSubsidies Author:Don Feder
“Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher.” ThinkingMenMeanChristianJesusPowerfulFiguresHigherHistoricalBridgesReachingChristian FaithHistorical Figure Author:Barack Obama