“We need a broad-based coalition that is way beyond the bounds of Christianity to be able to help people to understand that there is a groundswell of support for the marriage amendment and for opposition to same-sex marriages.” PeopleWayNeedsHelpingAbleSexChristianitySupportBoundsOppositionBroadsAmendmentsCoalitions Author:Erwin W. Lutzer
“Christianity has sufficient inner strength to survive and flourish on its own. It does not need state subsidies, nor state privileges, nor state prestige. The more it obtains state support the greater it curtails human freedom.” NeedsHumansDoeStatesChristianitySupportGreaterAtheismPrivilegePositive AtheismSufficientInner StrengthPrestigeSubsidiesHuman Freedom Author:William O. Douglas
“Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of Christian doctrine? . . . these religious debates - questions of the nature of God, or of Christ - simultaneously bear social and political implications that are crucial to the development of Christianity as an institutional religion. In simplest terms, ideas which bear implications contrary to that development come to be labeled as 'heresy'; ideas which implicitly support it become 'orthodox.'” IdeasChristianFormPoliticalReligionSocialTermChristChurchReligiousViewsAcceptingChristianitySupportDevelopmentBearsContraryDebateDoctrineOrthodoxCrucialSimplestConsensusAstonishingImplicationsHeresyChristian ChurchChristian Doctrine Author:Elaine Pagels
“There is no doctrine which I would more willingly remove from Christianity than the doctrine of hell, if it lay in my power. But it has the support of Scripture and, especially, of our Lord's own words; it has always been held by the Christian Church, and it has the support of reason.” IfsReasonChristianChurchChristianityLordSupportHellLaysScriptureDoctrineRemoveOur LordChristian Church Author:C. S. Lewis
“[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.” HumansLawReligionChristianitySupportSpiteOpposition Author:James Madison
“It is very disturbing to see people use Christianity and the Bible to support a certain political agenda, especially when one cannot connect that agenda with the authentic teachings of Christ.” PeopleUsePoliticalCertainChristChristianitySupportTeachingAgendasDisturbingPolitical Agendas Author:Anne Rice
“I know people who support Hamas but they never got involved in terrorist attacks, for example... They follow Hamas because they love God and they think that Hamas represents God. They don't have knowledge, they don't know the real God and they never studied Christianity. But Hamas, as representative for Islam, it's a big problem.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealProblemBigsChristianitySupportExampleInvolvedIslamTerroristGod LoveRepresentativesBig ProblemsTerrorist AttacksHamas Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef
“I think fundamentally, the question of whether or not Christianity makes sense - whether it withstands scrutiny, whether the evidence supports it or hurts it - always comes down to the Resurrection.” ThinkingHurtChristianitySupportEvidenceMake SenseResurrectionScrutiny Author:Lee Strobel
“The more we can do to support and promulgate the intellectual traditions of the Abrahamic faiths - of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - the better armed we will be to fight fundamentalism.” FightingCan DoChristianitySupportIntellectualTraditionIslamFundamentalismJudaismChristianity And Islam Author:Jon Meacham
“Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg Pull. Apollo has the best claim, but a sizeable minority support Pluto, ex-God of the Dead, on the grounds that he has a really sick sense of humour. How would it be, suggested the unidentified god, if first we tell them all to love their neighbour, pack in the killing and thieving, and be nice to each other. Then we let them start burning heretics.” IfsFirstsChristianitySupportNiceHumourSickClaimsKillingLegsBurningMinoritiesPacksBeing NiceExesDisputesNeighbourApolloHereticPluto Author:Tom Holt
“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die.” LifeEndsMatterHelpingChristianDeathDiesChristianitySupportDyingDiseaseCatholicIllnessHelping OthersLife And DeathCan NotEnd Of LifeHospiceDealing With Death Author:Cicely Saunders
“Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth.” MenWorldChildrenHas BeensEarthReligionPoliticsReligiousHalfChristianityMillionsSupportEffectsFoolErrorsInnocentInchesSuperstitionsFoundingIntroductionHypocriteCoercionChurch And StateMen WomenSeparation Of Church And StateOther HalfOur Founding FathersSectsFounding Fathers ChristianUs Founding FathersUniformityFounding Fathers ReligionSeparation Between Church And StateOne HalfFounding Fathers ReligiousReligion GodFounding Fathers Anti ReligionFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaAmerican Founding FathersFounding Fathers AtheistChristianity From Founding FathersReligion ChristianChristian FatherChristian RightFaith ReligionChristian GodInnocent ManReligious SectsBeing A Hypocrite Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786 Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786
“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