“Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate.” ChristianJesusSinDealsOriginalsCompassionateDoing GoodIncarnationTrinityOriginal Sin Author:Karen Armstrong
“Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was no explanation of conflict. At all.” StoriesChristianEvilSinTreeConflictOriginalsSillyExplanationGood And EvilAdamAdam And EveOriginal Sin Book:Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality Source: Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“There is no security in a good disposition if the support of good principles--that is to say, of religion, of Christian faith--be wanting. It may be soured by misfortune, it may be corrupted by wealth, it may be blighted by neediness, it may lose all its original brightness, if destitute of that support.” IfsMayChristianLosesWealthPrinciplesSupportSecurityOriginalsMisfortunesDispositionBrightnessChristian FaithDestituteNeediness Book:The Doctor, &c Source: The Doctor, &c
“Today the separation of church and state is America is used to silence the church... The way the concept is used today is totally reversed from the original intent... It is used today as a false political dictum in order to restrict the influence of Christian ideas... To have suggested the state separated from religion and religious influence would have amazed the Founding Fathers.” WayIdeasStatesTodayChristianAmericaPoliticalUsedOrderFatherChurchReligiousSilenceInfluenceConceptsOriginalsSeparationAmazedFoundingChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And State Author:Francis Schaeffer