“I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.” IfsPersonsAsksChurchLevelsBloodFieldsBattleWoundsHealUselessHospitalsSugarInjuredCholesterolBlood SugarHigh Cholesterol Book:My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change Source: My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change
“If the Church would have her face shine, she must go up into the mount, and be alone with God. If she would have her courts of worship resound with eucharistic praises, she must open her eyes, and see humanity lying lame at the temple gates, and heal it in the miraculous name of Jesus.” IfsEyeFacesLyingHumanityJesusNamesChurchWorshipPraiseCourtShiningHealTemplesGatesHer EyesMiraculousLameEucharisticAlone With God Author:Frederic Dan Huntington
“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