“The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms.” TryingArtistCultureTermChristianityEffectsPoetCreatingAvant GardeCreating Something Book:Art and Culture: Critical Essays Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays
“I think it's almost necessary for most people to have the freedom to pull back, and then re-enter at an adult level, where they are neither playing the victim nor creating victims, but just participating in calm, adult behavior. Because an awful lot of churches just aren't there at adult Christianity, this seems to be the norm anymore.” PeopleThinkingSeemsChurchLevelsChristianityBehaviorCreatingAdultsVictimCalmAwfulNormParticipating Author:Richard Rohr
“The first lady of Uganda is a devoted evangelical and beloved by the faith community. At an evangelical conference in Argentina, one minister said, "Mama Janet has given us the keys to Africa." She has done that by creating a nation that has embraced a Dominionist form of Christianity that believes that Christians have a God-given right to rule the world.” WorldFirstsBelieveSaidDoneChristianFormGivenNationsCommunityChristianityKeysCreatingMinistersBelovedDevotedConferencesMamaEvangelicalFirst LadyArgentinaUgandaFaith Community Author:Roger Ross Williams
“The idea of heaven is Christianity's way of creating a hell on earth.” WayIdeasEarthHeavenChristianityHellCreatingHell On Earth Author:Marilyn Manson
“My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.” WorldBelieveMeanDoeHas BeensImportantMatterGodMightChristianFaithUniverseJesusLostI BelieveUnderstandingChristReligiousChristianityLordBecomingCreatingNo Matter WhatAtheistFollowingBelieverChristian InspirationalConversionOptimisticGod LoveNovelistsFollowersCrucialHave FaithTrust In GodLoving GodCommitment To GodPessimisticConfidence In GodIntimacy With GodSustainingGreatness Of GodFollowing JesusGod Within UsMighty GodCommunion With GodConnecting With GodFollowing ChristI Love God Author:Anne Rice