“The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.” PeopleFeelingsFacesChurchWallPurityMecca Author:Michael J. Fox
“It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has gone away.” FeelingsChurchGoneDaughterFranceFrighteningEldersGone Away Author:John Wilkins
“Though man's feeling for the other-worldly often has recourse to solitude, solitude does not foster its development; rather, it is nourished by communion, to which the church is more propitious than the cemetery.” MenDoeFeelingsChurchDevelopmentSolitudeCommunionWorldlyCemeteryRecourse Author:Andre Malraux
“Christianity in our country is a lot like what the Ducksters profess. No longer doctrinaire or demanding, the mishmash of pop-religion practiced in churches across America is an extension of the therapeutic culture: festooned with feelings, mostly misdirected. Untempered by intelligent interpretation of scripture... American pop-theology: light on doctrine, heavy on hellfire and damnation.” CountryFeelingsLightAmericaCultureChurchChristianityIntelligentHeavyPopsScriptureTheologyDoctrineOur CountryInterpretationExtensionsTherapeuticDamnation Author:Ilana Mercer
“It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.” IfsFeelingsJesusChristChurchImagineJesus Christ Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“The doctrine of the Church cannot be fully understood unless it is tested by mind and feelings, by intellect and emotions, by every power of the investigator. Every Church member is expected to understand the doctrine of the Church intelligently. There is no place in the Church for blind adherence.” MindFeelingsChurchEmotionMembersUnderstoodBlindIntellectExpectedDoctrineTestedInvestigatorsAdherenceChurch Members Author:John Andreas Widtsoe