“Human beings go to church. The guy in the front dressed in black is the guy you defer to. He is in charge of the mysteries of universe, which ordinary human beings don't seem to have the inclination to understand.” HumansSeemsGuyHumanityUniverseBlackChurchHuman BeingsMysteryFrontsBuddhismOrdinaryInclination Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.” IfsMenFirstsAgeChurchRiskStreetsHappeningsOrdinarySickAccidentsGoing OutWoundedOrdinary Man Author:Pope Francis
“...we will arrange for 'religion' to become a small subdepartment of ordinary life; it will be quite safe - harmless, in fact - with church life carefully separated off from everything else in the world, whether politics, art, sex, economics, or whatever.” WorldArtFactsSexChurchSafeOrdinaryEconomicsOrdinary LifeChurch Life Author:N. T. Wright
“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
“Ordinary people - churches, too - have a role to force politicians to respond. Governments are not impressed with theories, but governments are impressed with people who change their minds about things.” PeopleMindGovernmentForceChurchRolesTheoryPoliticianOrdinaryImpressedOrdinary PeopleNot Impressed Author:Allan Boesak
“I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.” ThinkingDoeChristianLeadershipChurchGenerationsOrdinaryMeetingsBoundariesSettingSettingsOrdinary Things Author:Francis Chan
“The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.” PeopleChurchAchievementOrdinaryCatholicLaysIgnorantImpulseCatholic ChurchGreat AchievementIgnorant People Author:Kenneth Clark
“If you spend a lot of time with activists, as I have, they're just ordinary people who instead of Netflix are getting together in church basements and making posters or making phone calls doing organizing work. It really is about finding a community of other people.” PeopleIfsTogetherCommunityChurchFindingsOrdinaryPhonesWorking ItActivistOrdinary PeoplePostersPhone CallsBasementsNetflix Author:Avi Lewis