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Quotes from Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America — Robert S. McElvaine

born 1947 United States

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They are so certain that they know God’s mind because they equate their own minds with that of God.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

A wonderful archbishop of Canterbury once said that it is a mistake to believe that God is chiefly, or even mainly, concerned with religion.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

It would be easy to argue on the basis of the teachings of Jesus that “Christian capitalist” is an oxymoron.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

America is simultaneously the most professedly Christian of the developed nations and the least Christian in its behavior.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

Here is the fundamental message of the fun-damentalists: Say “Jesus” and then you don’t have to do Jesus.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

The most important function in the Bush presidency was the spreading of fear.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

Science follows evidence; political science follows opinion; religious science follows myth and is therefore no science at all.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

Of all the multitude of threats in the world today, the greatest peril comes from religious fanatics who believe that a violent, vindictive god is on their side.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

Jesus was always engaged in what “conservatives” and XL people castigate as “class warfare.” And the self-described Christians of XL are almost always on the side fighting against Jesus.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

“Economic conservatives,” Kevin Phillips notes, “often warm to sects in which a preoccupation with personal salvation turns lower-income persons away from distracting visions of economic and social reform.”

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

News Flash: Self-indulgence is not what Jesus taught.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

Those who promote this “no faith at all” do not follow Jesus; they lead him around in directions they want to go, using him as an advertisement for their political, social, and cultural agendas, which generally run counter to his. The “Christian” Right has reduced Jesus to the ultimate celebrity endorsement.

Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert S. McElvaine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.