“I have not come to seek place, nor to interfere with the business and calling of those men who have borne the burden since the death of Joseph. I throw myself at your feet, and wish to be one of your number, and be a mere member of the Church, and my mere asking to be baptized is an end to all pretensions to authority.” MenEndsWishChurchNumbersFeetCallingMembersAuthorityAskingMereBurdenInterferePretensionBaptized Author:Oliver Cowdery
“Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble.” IfsChildrenEnoughSchoolChurchTroubleAskingNaiveVicinity Book:Real Frank Zappa Book Source: Real Frank Zappa Book
“The significant mistake of the traditionalists is they require the people to start where the church is instead of the church starting where the people are. Innovators begin by asking, 'What do we need to do to reach the people where they are?'” PeopleNeedsChurchMistakeAskingStartingSignificantInnovators Author:Leith Anderson
“I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? I read the King James Bible, as all English writers should. And when I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them.” BigsLiteratureChurchReligiousAtheismAskingAtheistEditsHymnsMouldBig Questions Author:Mark Haddon
“A lot of people think that Jesus is coming back. That's fine, it's your right. But you know, I live in New York, and I think he's running a little late. I'm asking myself, 'Alright, what happens if Jesus comes back tomorrow? What - does he make rounds to churches?' 'OK, everyone who's been good, buses leave in 10 minutes. I'll meet you in front of the post office. I gotta go. Oh, don't tell the Jews I'm back.'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLittlesDoeHumorHappensRunningFunnyJesusChurchMinutesFrontsNew YorkFineTomorrowOfficeLateAskingRoundsJewPostsBusComing BackAlrightPost OfficeI'm Back Author:Marc Maron
“I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, "Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?".” WholeCommunityChurchMy OwnStyleGrewBandGrew UpAskingSexualityWhole LifeSouthernBaptistsChoirRejectingSouthern Baptist Author:Roger Ross Williams