John Shelby Spong Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny.”

“I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.”

“I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.”

“I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious.”

“My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway.”

“It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.”

“Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.”

“Religion is a mixed blessing.”

“The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.”

“If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or the Muslim path. And I don't mind saying that I don't invalidate any of those paths.”