“I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an everlasting life -- a never-ending banquet, as a stupid visiting minister to our church once appallingly described it -- filled me with a greater terror than the concept of extinction.” IdeasUsedChurchReligiousGreaterStupidPeriodsConceptsFilledTerrorIntenseMinistersEverlastingExtinctionVisitingSixteenNever EndingBanquetsEverlasting Life Book:East Side Story: A Novel Source: East Side Story: A Novel
“When sinners are careless and stupid, and sinking into hell unconcerned, it is time the church should bestir themselves. It is as much the duty of the church to awake, as it is for the firemen to awake when a fire breaks out in the night in a great city.” ShouldNightChurchCitiesBreakHellFireStupidDutyAwakeSinnerCarelessSinkingBreak OutGreat CitiesFiremanUnconcerned Book:Lectures on Revivals of Religion Source: Lectures on Revivals of Religion
“I think if somebody does something stupid, it's okay to make fun of them, but [celebrities] have also gotten very conscious about social media, kind of like the Catholic Church in the 1500s.” IfsThinkingKindDoeFunSocialChurchMediaStupidConsciousOkayCatholicSocial MediaCatholic Church Author:Margaret Cho
“In the Pro-Eligendo Pontefice Mass, despite knowing that [ Joseph Ratzinger] was a candidate [to become Pope], he wasn't stupid, he didn't care to "make-up" his answer, he said exactly the same thing [that we needed to clean up the dirt of the Church]. He was the brave one who helped so many open this door. So, I want to remember him because sometimes we forget about this hidden works that were the foundations for "taking the lid off the pot."” WantSaidSometimesCareRememberChurchAnswersForgetKnowingDoorsStupidNeededMassFoundationBraveCleanDespiteCandidatesPotDirtPopeBrave One Author:Pope Francis