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“Biblical higher criticism is preserved in the particular enclave of academic Christian scholarship and is thought to be too unfruitful to share with the average pew-sitter, for it raises more questions than the church can adequately answer. So the leaders of the church would protect the simple believers from concepts they were not trained to understand. In this way that ever-widening gap between academic Christians and the average pew-sitter made its first appearance.”

Way Firsts Made Christian Religion Church Simple Answers Leader Share Particular Higher Protect Concepts Criticism Raises Average Appearance Believer Gaps Academic Biblical Scholarship

Author:John Shelby Spong

“[There is a] depth and urgency of the search of Jewish and Christian women for connection to the Divine, which found expression in more than 1000 years of feminist Bible criticism and religious re-visioning.”

Years Christian Religion Found Women Religious Divine Expression Criticism Connections Depth Feminist Urgency Christian Women

Book:The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-seventy

Source: The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-seventy

“We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.”

Religion Evil Forget Flow Criticism Good And Evil Never Forget

Book:More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality

Source: More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality

“People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.”

People Want Religion Asks Criticism Praise Critics Envy Gossip Bondage Human Bondage Criticism And Praise

Author:W. Somerset Maugham