I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.

The virgin birth understood as literal biology makes Christ's divinity as traditionally understood impossible. Spong's calendar has him lecturing around the world. Haines Archdeacon) ISBN 1-878282-14-X
1987 – Consciousness and Survival: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the possibility of Life Beyond Biological Death (edited by John S.

He calls for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and traditional doctrines. John Shelby "Jack" Spong (born June 16 1931) is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church.