“The hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance. And the Church, cut to the quick by this cry, asks each and every man to hear his brother's plea and answer it lovingly.” MenWorldAsksNationsChurchAnswersCuttingCryBrotherBlessedEvery ManHungryAbundance Author:Pope Paul VI
“The reason the church doesn't deal with some of these questions about Heaven is they're afraid of the answers! If you could have babies in Heaven, then you could have sex in Heaven!-And that's horrifying to the churches!” IfsReasonHeavenSexChurchAnswersDealsBabyHeavenly Author:David Berg
“Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.” HumorFunnySpeakChurchAnswersMassHearingFavorsCeremony Author:Charles de Gaulle
“I think we all have a hunger that's hard to name. A lot of people who come to my retreats have never named it before, or else they've named it in church, but they can't actually see the connection between what they're doing with food and this yearning. I call it "the flame" that they have: They yearn for big answers to live a big life. But they have to start with the most basic fears.” PeopleThinkingHardBigsNamesChurchAnswersConnectionsHungerFlamesYearningRetreat Author:Geneen Roth
“We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that we- that I- exist. No matter how much he thinks of God or goes to church, or how much he believes in religious ideas , if he, the whole man, is deaf to the question of existence, if he does not have an answer to it, he is marking time, and he lives and dies like one of the million things he produces. He thinks of God, instead of experiencing God.” IfsThinkingMenTryingBelieveDoeIdeasMatterWholeWisdomDiesFunChurchReligiousAnswersForgetExistenceMillionsProducePropertyProductionsPossessionDeafPrestigeMarking TimeExperiencing God Author:Erich Fromm
“Biblical higher criticism is preserved in the particular enclave of academic Christian scholarship and is thought to be too unfruitful to share with the average pew-sitter, for it raises more questions than the church can adequately answer. So the leaders of the church would protect the simple believers from concepts they were not trained to understand. In this way that ever-widening gap between academic Christians and the average pew-sitter made its first appearance.” WayFirstsMadeChristianReligionChurchSimpleAnswersLeaderShareParticularHigherProtectConceptsCriticismRaisesAverageAppearanceBelieverGapsAcademicBiblicalScholarship Author:John Shelby Spong
“Disciple making also involves teaching people to obey all that Christ has commanded us. Now some might say, "Isn't that what preachers are supposed to do?" And in one sense, the answer to this question is yes. God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally. At the same time, he has commanded every follower of Jesus to teach his Word relationally.” PeopleMightJesusChristChurchAnswersTeachTeachingFollowersPreacherGiftedDisciple Book:What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me? Source: What Did Jesus Really Mean When He Said Follow Me?
“Religion and science have nothing to do with each other, they're about different things, science is about the way the world works and religion is about [...] miracles. [...] And in any case, if you ask most ordinary people in church or in a mosque why they believe, it's almost certainly got something to do with the belief that God does wonderful things, that God intervenes, that God heals the sick, that God answers prayers, God forgives sins.” PeopleIfsWorldWayBelieveMeanDoeDifferentAsksBeliefChurchPrayerSinAnswersWonderfulOrdinarySickMiracleForgivingHealDifferent ThingsScience And ReligionWonderful ThingsOrdinary PeopleMosquesGod ForgivesGod Answers PrayersGod Heals Author:Richard Dawkins
“My problem with the Emergent Church is not the questions they are bringing up, but the answers they are giving. They are making Christianity milky. They are making it so you can no longer define anything. There is no sound judgment allowed.” GivingProblemSoundChurchAnswersChristianityJudgmentSound Judgment Author:Eric Ludy
“Why should an atheist pay more taxes so that a church which he despises should pay no taxes? That's a fair question. How can the apologists for the church exemption answer it?” ShouldChurchAnswersPayTaxesFairsAtheistDespiseExemption Author:E. Haldeman-Julius
“Emerging church leaders are not impressed by those who defend the Christian faith by promoting definitive answers to convince those who doubt the faith.” ChristianChurchAnswersLeaderDoubtConvinceImpressedPromotingEmergingChristian FaithChurch LeadersNot Impressed Author:Eddie Gibbs
“During our religious instruction in school, we always asked: How can one prove the existence of God? And I have learned that the Catholic Church, which is never at a loss for an answer when it comes to existential questions, responds as follows: This question simply does not arise.” DoeSchoolChurchReligiousLossAnswersExistenceProveCatholicAriseInstructionI Have LearnedExistentialCatholic ChurchExistence Of God Author:Jean-Claude Juncker