“Roman Candles was shown in a church, and so was Eat Your Makeup, so was Mondo Trasho, and so was Multiple Maniacs (1970). It's hard to imagine that churches showed these movies but a few in the '60s, like St. Mark's Church, or on the Bowery, they always were left-wing.” HardLeftChurchImagineMarkWingsMakeupCandleImagine ThatMultipleLeft WingManiacs Author:John Waters
“In organized groups such as the army or the Church there is either no mention of love whatsoever between the members, or it is expressed only in a sublimated and indirect way, through the mediation of some religious imagine in the love of whom the members unite and whose all-embracing love they are supposed to imitate in their attitude towards each other. It is one of the basic tenets of fascist leadership to keep primary libidinal energy on an unconscious level so as to divert its manifestations in a way suitable to political ends.” WayEndsPoliticalEnergyChurchReligiousLevelsAttitudeImagineGroupsMembersArmyPrimariesManifestationOrganizedUnconsciousFascistsSuitableIndirectMediationEmbracing Love Author:Theodor Adorno
“The apostles were scattered, and even the leaders of the Church in Jerusalem had neither the power nor the means to impose uniformity.In these circumstances, we must imagine the literature of Christianity as spreading gradually, irregularly, and in a manner which variations inevitable.” MeanLiteratureChurchLeaderChristianityImagineCircumstancesInevitableVariationApostlesJerusalemUniformity Author:Frederic G. Kenyon
“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
“I didn't have an imaginary childhood friend, but I did one day imagine somehow tiny green men, and they were only tiny and green because my brother had a ton of toy soldier toys that came on a skateboard plank type of thing, and I just envisioned in this car driving to church with my mom, they were there.” MenChurchImagineChildhoodCarBrotherMomTypeOne DayGreenSoldierMy MomTinyDrivingMy BrotherImaginaryToysChildhood FriendCar DrivingToy Soldiers Author:Jim Parsons
“Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a place where we told one another the truth. We might just create sanctuary.” IfsMightChurchImagineSafeComfortableSanctuary Author:Rachel Held Evans
“The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours and hours, and people wander in and wander out, and people talk the whole way through. One of the American women said to the other, "This is so beautiful. I can actually imagine maybe even becoming Orthodox." She went on and on, and finally a Russian seated just in front of her turned and said, "You are not member of church because it is beautiful; you are member of church because it is the single truth of God!"” PeopleWaySaidI CanWholeBeautifulHoursChurchImagineFrontsGoes OnBecomingMembersWanderOrthodoxAmerican WomanBeautiful YouTruth Of God Author:Andrew Solomon