“Religion has failed us. Christ was not a Christian. Buddha was not a Buddhist. Mohammed was not a Mohammedan. And yet ever since the dawn of history, we have engaged in conflict and war and terrorism and murder and racism and ethnocentrism and bigotry and prejudice in the name of God.” WarChristianNamesChristConflictRacismPrejudiceMurderTerrorismBuddhistDawnEngagedBigotry Author:Deepak Chopra
“We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of the little half-hour comedy changing things is something I think is silly.” ThinkingYearsLittlesHelpingChristianHoursHalfComedyCoupleThousandRacismEthicsNotionSillyThousand YearsEraseHalf HoursHanging AroundChristian Ethics Author:Norman Lear
“Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real transformation of attitudes or consciousness. It has been true of slavery and racism, classism and consumerism and issues of immigration and health care for the poor.” Has BeensRealCountryCareChristianPoorConsciousnessAttitudeIssuesGroupsRacismPrejudiceTransformationSlaveryBelieverImmigrationHealth CareMinoritiesEchoesConsumerismDominantRevealingWorldviewClassism Author:Richard Rohr
“Christian virtues unite men. Racism separates them.” MenChristianVirtueRacismRacist Author:Sargent Shriver
“Antisemitism is just another form of racism. It's the same sickness, whether it's about Christians, about Islamophobia, which is horrible. It's all wrong. It's all the same.” ChristianFormRacismHorribleSicknessIslamophobia Author:Russell Simmons
“The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and emotional abuse of women and children; to persecute Jews and other non-Christian people of faith; to support the holocaust of Hitler's Third Reich; to oppose medical science; to condemn inter-racial marriage; to execute women as witches; to excuse the violent racism of the Ku Klux Klan; to mobilize militias, white supremacy and neo-nazi movements; and to condone intolerance and discrimination against sexual minorities.” PeopleChildrenHas BeensChristianWhiteSupportMovementEmotionalGayRacismThirdsAbuseSlaveryJewExcuseMedicalScriptureViolentDiscriminationMinoritiesWitchHolocaustIntoleranceBloodyNaziWhite SupremacyEmotional AbuseSegregationSanctionsApartheidSupremacyCrusadesMilitiaInquisitionKu Klux KlanMisusedMedical Science Author:Mel White
“Without centuries of Christian antisemitism, Hitlers passionate hatred would never have been so fervently echoed.” Has BeensChristianPoliticalCenturyRacismHatredPassionateGlowing Author:Robert Runcie
“The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.” ChristianCultureChristChurchWhiteLimitsRacismRaisedHeightChristian Church Author:Jesse Jackson