“... and people are to march around the church to commemorate the event, Palm Sunday, when Jesus rode into Jerusalem and was greeted with applause and with palms. People thought he had come to overthrow the Romans, but ... no ... he had come to change THEM ... and that led to things turning bad.” PeopleJesusChurchEventsSundayMarchPalmsApplauseJerusalemPalm Sunday Author:Garrison Keillor
“Faith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual existing church has reduced the Crucifixion and Resurrection to religious affirmations held by a certain tribe, rather than expressions of a type of life, the event they testify to has been almost completely eclipsed.” WorldHas BeensCertainFoundBeliefChurchReligiousEventsExpressionTypeEmbraceResurrectionTribesAffirmationCrucifixion Book:The Divine Magician: The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith Source: The Divine Magician: The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith
“our great common challenge ... is to free people from religion, get it out of our laws, our schools, our health systems, our government and, I would add, also our sporting events. I would really like to see some separation of church and stadium, if we could work on that.” PeopleIfsGovernmentSchoolLawChallengesChurchCommonEventsAddSeparationStadiumsSporting EventsHealth System Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, concept-driven art is a kind of existencial channel through which they bring meaning to their lives. It demands leaps of faith, but it rewards the believer with a sense of consequence. Moreover, just as churches and other ritualistic meeting places serve a social function, so art events generate a sense of community around shared interests” WorldKindArtSocialInterestCommunityChurchEventsDemandArt IsConceptsConsequenceFunctionMeetingsRewardsAtheistDrivenBelieverContemporaryAlternativesLeapArt WorldLeap Of FaithInsidersContemporary Art Author:Sarah Thornton
“To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event was unmentioned and unnoticed not only in the rich historical literature of medieval Islam, but even in the literatures of the Coptic and other Christian churches, of the Byzantines, of the Jews, or anyone else who might have thought the destruction of a great library worthy of comment. That the story still survives, and is repeated, despite all these objections, is testimony to the enduring power of a myth.” StillsStoriesMightChristianLiteratureChurchAcceptingRichEventsDestructionHistoricalIslamEndureLibraryJewScaryWorthyMythDespiteDramaticCommentTestimonyMedievalObjectionsUnnoticedChristian ChurchAlexandriaByzantine Author:Bernard Lewis
“THE FACT THAT MY DAD IS A PREACHER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING. HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T AGREE WITH SOME OF MY MATERIAL BUT THEN AGAIN THERE'S NO SIGN ON MY COMEDY EVENT THAT SAYS "REVIVAL HERE TONIGHT". IM SURE GOD HAS MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO THAN GO TO MY 8 OCLOCK OMAHA SHOW. THE SHOW IS THE SHOW AND CHURCH IS CHURCH.” ImportantFactsShowsChurchComedyEventsMaterialsDadAgreeImportant ThingsMy DadThings To DoTonightPreacherRevivalOmaha Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.” ImportantTurnsChurchAtheismEventsRevolutionFingersProfitPositive AtheismCalamityImportant Events Author:Voltaire
“I grew up in the church, Resurrection Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and my grandmother was that grandmother at the church, the one always at the church, always putting on the events. It was deeply instilled in me that every action, everything I create, everything I say and do in the world is inexorably bound to the lives of everybody I come in contact with - and it's my responsibility to put things into the world that have a positive influence on humanity.” WorldActionHumanityChurchResponsibilityInfluenceEventsGrewGrew UpBoundsContactGrandmotherResurrectionMy GrandmotherBaptistsPhiladelphiaPositive Influence Author:Will Smith
“God is dethroned; and although the incognizant masses are tardy in realizing the event, they feel the icy draught caused by that vacancy. Man enters upon a spiritual ice age; the established churches can no longer provide more than Eskimo huts where their shivering flock huddles together.” MenFeelsAgeTogetherSpiritualRealizingChurchEventsMassIceFlocksIcyHutsIce AgeDraughtVacancy Author:Arthur Koestler
“I mean, so if I've talked to whites in City of Refuge, sometimes they'll wonder, "Why do we do things a certain way, and why do we make a big deal out of events?" And what's happening is they're falling back on their understanding of the way that church should work. It's not always working exactly like that, and they feel frustration or confusion. Sometimes people leave. That's certainly common in mixed churches.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsShouldMeanSometimesBigsCertainFallUnderstandingChurchDealsCommonCitiesWonderEventsHappeningsConfusionFrustrationWorking ItRefugeBig DealAlways Working Author:Michael Emerson
“Donald Trump has not held an event in the black community. He has not gone to a black church, as Hillary Clinton has done.” DoneBlackCommunityChurchGoneEventsTrumpClintonBlack CommunityBlack Church Author:Donna Brazile
“The churches must realize that when they take a position on a political event that they must accept the rules of the game.” PoliticalGamesRealizingChurchAcceptingEventsPositionRules Of The Game Author:Pierre Trudeau