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Above all, words must be recognized as symbolic pointers to truth, not objective containers of truth.

— John Shelby Spong Resurrection: Myth or Reality? (1994)

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What the mind cannot believe the heart can finally never adore.

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The question must also be raised as to whether we have the actual words of Jesus in any Gospel.

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Jesus could not have imagined such an idea as Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

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All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth.

Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.

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