Rodney Stark Quotes & Sayings
25 most famous Rodney Stark quotes and sayings (theologian). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.”
“There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep.”
“The great myth that many social scientists want to encourage is that there is an incompatibility between modern technology and traditional religion. This is absolute nonsense. If anything, it's the reverse.”
“The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress.”
“It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.”
“The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.”
“Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.”
“Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called 'strict constructionists.' Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight into divine intentions.”
“Had the followers of Jesus remained an obscure Jewish sect, most of you would not have learned to read, and the rest of you would be reading from hand-copied scrolls.”
“The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress, more fully revealing himself as humans gain the capacity to better understand.”
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