“Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!” Has BeensEvilNamesReligiousChristianityCrimeCivilizationWesternCommittedWestern Civilization Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“Being anthropologically respectful of all faiths means being committed to none, and being left to drift without an anchor for one's most deeply held beliefs. To have such an anchor means being committed to a specific community. The only way Obama can overcome his sense of detachment and resolve his mother's dilemma is through a commitment to Christianity.” WayMeanMotherBeliefLeftCommunityChristianityCommitmentOvercomingCommittedResolveDetachmentRespectfulAnchorsDilemma Author:Simon Critchley
“It has been left to the last Christians, or rather to the first Christians fully committed to blaspheming and denying Christianity, to invent a new kind of worship of Sex, which is not even a worship of Life. It has been left to the very latest Modernists to proclaim an erotic religion which at once exalts lust and forbids fertility . . . The new priests abolish the fatherhood and keep the feast - to themselves.” FirstsKindHas BeensChristianLastsLeftSexChristianityWorshipCommittedLustPriestsFatherhoodEroticAbolishFertility Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The question is not, do we go to church; the question is, have we been converted. The crux of Christianity is not whether or not we give donations to popular charities but whether or not we are really committed to the poor.” GivingPeaceChurchPoorChristianityCharityCommittedDonationCrux Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Meditate on the horrors of Hell, which will last for eternity because of one easily-committed mortal sin. Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved.” ThinkingTryingHardChristianLastsSinChristianityHellMeditationHorrorEternalDevilEternityCatholicSaintCommittedChristian InspirationalSavedCommitChosenMortalsFlamesSinnerMortal SinHell FireFranciscans Author:Benedict Joseph Labre
“Ministers of the Gospel are excluded [from serving as Visitors of the county Elementary Schools] to avoid jealousy from the other sects, were the public education committed to the ministers of a particular one; and with more reason than in the case of their exclusion from the legislative and executive functions.” ReasonSchoolReligiousChristianityCasesParticularFunctionCommittedMinistersExecutivesServingCountyVisitorsSectsExclusionExcludedPublic EducationElementary School Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.” OrderJesusSinChristianityMankindEatingMurderCommittedApples Author:Thomas Paine