“Now a confirmed atheist, I've become convinced of the enormous contribution that Christian evangelism makes in Africa: sharply distinct from the work of secular NGOs, government projects and international aid efforts. These alone will not do. Education and training alone will not do. In Africa Christianity changes people's hearts. It brings a spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good.” PeopleHeartRealGovernmentChristianSpiritualEffortChristianityProjectsTrainingTransformationInternationalAtheistConvincedAidsEnormousContributionSecularRebirthEvangelismSpiritual TransformationChange Is Good Author:Matthew Parris
“Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very conditions confronting us today. The rulers of the earth have realized long ago what potent poison inheres in the Christian religion. That is the reason they foster it; that is why they leave nothing undone to instill it into the blood of the people. They know only too well that the subtleness of the Christian teachings is a more powerful protection against rebellion and discontent than the club or the gun.” PeopleKnowsWellsLongReasonEarthChristianPowerfulChristianityBloodTeachingConditionsTrainingGunSlaveClubsProtectionPoisonRebellionRulersLong AgoDiscontentUndoneAdaptedConfrontingInstillChristian Teaching Author:Emma Goldman
“I was brought up to believe that the Christian God wasn't a scared and compromising public servant, but the creator of the whole merciless truth, and I reckon that training spoiled me - I actually took my teachers seriously!” BelieveWholeChristianTeacherTrainingScaredCreatorCompromiseServantSpoiledPublic ServantsChristian God Author:Sinclair Lewis
“My religious training told me that in times of personal uncertainty one should seek God's direction through personal prayer and study of the Christian scriptures.” ShouldChristianReligiousPrayerStudyTrainingScriptureUncertainty Author:Preston Manning
“Christians know that Christianity is simply extended training in dying early. That is what we have always been about.” KnowsChristianChristianityDyingTraining Author:Stanley Hauerwas
“It is a mistake to try to impose Christian beliefs on children and to make them the basis of moral training. The moral education of children is much too important a matter to be built on such foundations.” TryingChildrenImportantMatterChristianBeliefMistakeMoralAtheismTrainingBuiltBasesFoundationPositive AtheismMoral Education Author:Margaret E. Knight
“There are congregations on nearly every corner. I'm not sure we need more churches. What we need is a church. I say one church is better than fifty. I have tried to remove the plural form churches from my vocabulary, training myself to think of the church as Christ did, and as the early Christians did. The metaphors for her are always singular - a body, a bride. I heard one gospel preacher say it like this, as he really wound up and broke a sweat: "We've got to unite ourselves as one body. Because Jesus is coming back, and he's coming back for a bride not a harem.” ThinkingNeedsBodyChristianFormJesusChristChurchHeardTrainingMetaphorCornersWoundsBrokeNot SureFiftyRemoveSweatPreacherVocabularyComing BackBridesCongregationHarem Author:Shane Claiborne