“When I was three, I fell and I got Bell's palsy in my face. My mom said the first day she called the rabbi, and he said a prayer for me but nothing happened. The second day she called the Mormons, and they said a prayer for me and my face was healed, so my whole life was going around as a Jew who was giving talks in Mormon churches about being healed by the Mormons.” GivingFirstsSaidWholeFacesThreeChurchPrayerHappenedMomJewMy MomWhole LifeBellsThey SaidHealedRabbi Author:Roseanne Barr
“We grow up as natural optimists as Americans. Catholic priests were so hopeful as we watched the Vatican II experience. Yet, it's a punch in the belly to see what has happened in the church and the world. Dualistic thinking seems to have taken over the church and our politics to a really neurotic degree.” ThinkingWorldSeemsGrowsNaturalChurchGrowing UpTakenHappenedDegreesCatholicHopefulPriestsOptimistBellyNeuroticVatican Ii Author:Richard Rohr
“I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ. Therefore I shy away from church...” ThinkingPoliticalReligionNamesChristChurchHappenedShyBad Things Author:John Lennon
“The Copernican revolution was actually a contribution to the life of the church, the development of our view of ourselves in terms of the Universe, and therefore our view of God, et cetera. But, that took centuries, and struggles, and conflicts before that happened.” UniverseTermChurchViewsStruggleHappenedCenturyRevolutionDevelopmentConflictContribution Author:George Coyne