“As far as stimulus from the visual arts specifically, there is today in most of us a visual appetite that is hungry, that is acutely undernourished. One might go so far as to say that Protestants in particular suffer from a form of visual anorexia. It is not that there is a lack of visual stimuli, but rather a lack of wholesomeness of form and content amidst the all-pervasive sensory overload.” ArtMightTodayFormSufferingCultureChristianityParticularHungryVisualsAppetiteStimulusProtestantsAnorexiaSensoryVisual ArtOverloadWholesomeness Author:John Walford
“If criticism has made such discoveries as to necessitate the abandonment of the doctrine of plenary inspiration, it is not enough to say that we are compelled to abandon only a "particular theory of inspiration..." We must go on to say that that "particular theory of inspiration" is the theory of the apostles and of the Lord, and that in abandoning it we are abandoning them.” IfsMadeEnoughInspirationChristianityLordParticularTheoryGoes OnDiscoveryCriticismDoctrineAbandonCompelledAbandonmentApostles Author:B. B. Warfield
“A perfect practice of Christianity would, of course, consist in a perfect imitation of the life of Christ -- I mean, in so far as it was applicable in one's own particular circumstance. Not in an idiotic sense -- it doesn't mean that every Christian should grow a beard, or be a bachelor, or become a travelling preacher. It means that every single act and feeling, every experience, whether pleasant or unpleasant, must be referred to God.” ShouldMeanFeelingsChristianCoursesGrowsChristPerfectChristianityPracticeParticularCircumstancesPleasantPreacherImitationBeardBachelorsIdioticPerfect Practice Author:C. S. Lewis
“"Natural" is a very dangerous word to use about sexuality ... Our society's notions of normality are completely fake and meta-trendy, since they rely on the changing standards of superstition, religion, Christianity and gender bias to define themselves. Americans, in particular, exhibit very childish reactions to sexual practices that are new to them, much like little kids who are offered a vegetable they haven't seen before: "That's disgusting!" "But darling, you haven't even tried it!" "I don't care, I hate it, I hate it!” LittlesUseCareKidsHateNaturalChristianityPracticeDangerousHavensParticularStandardsI HateNotionDon't CareGenderSexualityReactionsI Don't CareFakeRelyOur SocietyVegetablesSuperstitionsDisgustingBiasLittle KidDarlingExhibitsNormalityTrendyGender Bias Author:Susie Bright
“The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact. The old myth of the Dying God, without ceasing to be myth, comes down from the heaven of legend and imagination to the earth of history. It happens - at a particular date, in a particular place, followed by definable historical consequences. We pass from a Balder or an Osiris, dying nobody knows when or where, to a historical Person crucified (it is all in order) under Pontius Pilate. By becoming fact it does not cease to be myth: that is the miracle.” KnowsHeartPersonsDoeFactsHappensEarthOrderHeavenImaginationChristianityDyingParticularBecomingConsequenceMiracleHistoricalMythCeaseLegendsNobody KnowsOsiris Author:C. S. Lewis
“This is no time to be precious about locating the exact individuals directly involved in this particular terrorist attack.... We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.” KnowsShouldCountryIndividualLeaderChristianityParticularInvolvedRight NowDancingScaryTerroristCheerTerrorist AttacksManiacsHomicidal Author:Ann Coulter
“he challenge is finding the modern conduit for the audience, having fun and really looking at the duality of this particular character, that is both devil and angel, and on the cusp of losing control of the pagan background, to this newfangled religion called Christianity. There's a great backdrop there, and just a whole dark side with the magic.” WholeCharacterFunSidesChallengesDarkChristianityAudienceMagicModernParticularFindingsLosingDevilAngelBackgroundsHaving FunDualityPaganDark SideBackdropCuspLosing ControlAngel And Devil Author:Joseph Fiennes
“I could, of course, have done no more if no less than affiliated myself in one way or another with a particular church, could have simply read books about Christianity, talked to Christian people, set out to discover something about what a Christian life is supposed to involve and then tried as best I could to live one. But, on the one hand, that didn't seem enough to me, and on the other, it seemed to much.” PeopleIfsWayBookDoneEnoughHandsSeemsChristianLife IsCoursesChurchChristianityParticularChristian LifeOne Way Book:Now And Then Source: Now And Then
“I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than the choice between nihilism and faith. In fact, the issue may not be faith as such but the fact that for millennia, Christianity has buttressed itself with a particular kind of metaphysics that has now seemingly reached the end of its life-span. But perhaps Buddhist metaphysics could provide an alternative here - or, at least, offer a direction of travel.” IfsKindMayStillsEndsFactsUseChoicesTermChristianityIssuesParticularOffersBuddhistAlternativesNot SureMetaphysicsNihilismSuggestingLife Span Author:George Pattison
“I'd signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England. That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism, the language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time. As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church's role in losing people.” PeopleThinkingStillsI CanLostLeftLanguageChurchChristianityRolesCenturyParticularLosingEnglandEmpiresColonialism20th Century19th CenturyVictorianChurch Of EnglandVictorian Times Author:Alan Green
“I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature.” WorldWisdomPoliticalDeathReligionReligiousKnownChristianityAtheismParticularAtheistFeaturesSuperstitionsScience And ReligionFablesExaminingPhilosophy Of ReligionOrganized ReligionRedeemingFounding Fathers Anti ReligionScience ReligionFounding Fathers AtheistChristianity From Founding FathersChristian AtheistReligion ChristianPhilosophy And Religion Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Anyone who knows he is loved is in turn prompted to love. It is the Lord himself, who loved us first, who asks us to place at the center of our lives love for him and for the people he has loved. It is especially adolescents and young people, who feel within them the pressing call to love, who need to be freed from the widespread prejudice that Christianity, with its commandments and prohibitions, sets too many obstacles in the path of the joy of love and, in particular prevents people from fully enjoying the happiness that men and women find in their love for one another.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsFeelsFirstsYoungJoyTurnsAsksEnjoyChristianityLordPathOur LivesParticularMen And WomenPrejudiceObstaclesLove LifeCommandmentsProhibition Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions; to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind, and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?” MenKindEndsPassionFatherSocialChristianityViolenceParticularDutyHusbandGloryForgivingActiveAppetiteCompassionateRelativeGood FriendSmoothCurbDischargeGood FatherGood Husband Book:A Practical View of Preferred Christians Source: A Practical View of Preferred Christians
“Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?” MayDoeStatesChristianReligionChurchChristianityAtheismParticularAuthorityAtheistEaseChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSectsExclusionFounding Fathers ChristianFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFederalist PapersFounding Fathers AtheistChristianity From Founding Fathers Author:James Madison
“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
“We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we long to see all religious teaching built upon the solid rock of truth and not upon the sand of imagination. At the same time, our grand object is not the revision of opinions, but the regeneration of natures. We should bring men to Christ, not to our own particular views of Christianity.” MenShouldLongChristImaginationReligiousViewsChristianityOpinionGraceTeachingRocksObjectsParticularBuiltLaborRaisesSalvationBelieverSandFree WillSanctificationRevisionRegeneration Book:Select Works Source: Select Works
“Angels appear to transcend all cultures, races, and systems. They are a part of human history and civilization, sometimes at the forefront, other times in the shadows, but they are always there. They don't belong to any one particular religion, although many modern people try to associate them with Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. No one religion holds total responsibility for the belief in angels. In truth, these religions only support the existence of angels, they didn't create them.” PeopleTryingHumansSometimesCultureBeliefRaceExistenceResponsibilityChristianitySupportModernParticularCivilizationAngelShadowIslamAssociatesJudaismHuman History Author:Silver RavenWolf