Church Quotes — Page 35

CW

Philosopher

“The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence.”

Self Black Church

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Craig Thompson

Musician

“Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school.”

School Church Awful

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Charles Bukowski

Poet, Novelist

“It was like a church in there as only the truly lost sit in bars on Tuesday mornings at 8:00 a.m.”

Morning Church Tuesday

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

“If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church”

Government Church Influence

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

“The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition of knowledge, even though not sinful, is dangerous, since it may lead to pride of intellect, and hence to a questioning of the Christian dogma.”

Christian Church Pride

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

“The desire for legitimate offspring is, in fact, according to the Catholic Church, the only motive which can justify sexual intercourse.”

Desire Church Catholic

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Mathematician

“Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.”

Church Modern Public Opinion

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Alan Green

Economist

“I'd signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England. That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism, the language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time. As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church's role in losing people.”

People Thinking Church

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Alan Green

Economist

“I think what we're really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church.”

Thinking Views Church

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Alan Green

Economist

“The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint. That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.”

Differences Inspiration Church

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Alan Green

Economist

“I grew up in the church, with traditional hymns, but at the same time I was beginning to listen to pop music, the mid-60s, The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did. Then the hippy stuff like Pink Floyd started to raise questions about how I lived my life and the world in which I lived.”

Church Hymns Raises Questions

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Blaise Pascal

Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher

“The Church limits her sacramental services to the faithful. Christ gave Himself upon the cross a ransom for all.”

Church Faithful Ransom

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