“Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing. The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were our own: our own negative thoughts, our own violent thoughts, our own hateful thoughts-not other people's thoughts.” PeopleThinkingJesusReligiousSimplePracticeTaughtMajorsNegativePoliceViolentHatefulLiberatedNegative ThoughtsReligious Practices Author:Richard Rohr
“In Jerusalem, the various modes of worship essentially stood for the same cause but were equally hateful to one another. They never served as a unifying factor. Their adherents were equally manipulated by the clergies to regard the others as wicked infidels or idolaters. The centuries passed in constant pious agitation and in frequent religious wars.” WarCausesReligiousAtheismCenturyWorshipRegardConstantVariousPositive AtheismFactorsWickedHatefulPiousJerusalemAgitationInfidelUnifyingReligious Wars Book:Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory Source: Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory
“The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away.” IfsWayHumorReligiousHolyMusic IsDevilVery GoodScriptureBest WayFar AwayHatefulMockRailHoly Scriptures Author:Martin Luther
“The criticism usually goes only to the religious right. 'Bigots,' 'intolerant,' 'hateful' - those labels get slapped on quickly and usually when we are winning debates and scoring points against liberals.” ChristianWinningReligiousCriticismDebateLabelsHatefulBigotsScoring Points Author:Kay Coles James