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

— John Shelby Spong

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

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism (1991)

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

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism (1991)

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

Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism (1991)

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

Resurrection: Myth or Reality? (1994)

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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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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