#christian

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#christian #ideal #more #much #nay

In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#ambassador #christian #context #democracy #establishing

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies. ↗

— Richard King

#basing #christianity #conspiracies #folklore #government

The public highways, which had been constructed for the use of the legions, opened an easy passage for the Christians missionaries from Damascus to Corinth, and from Italy to the extremity of Spain or Britain; nor did those spiritual conquerors encounter any of the obstacles which usually retard or prevent the introduction of a foreign religion into a distant country. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#religion

Well, I'm a Christian. I was a born a Presbyterian and became an Episcopalian. ↗

— Karl Rove

#born #christian #episcopalian #i #presbyterian

If ever I expected to come face to face with an angry Christian fundamentalist, it wasn't in FAO Schwarz. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#christian #come #ever #expected #face

The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same side. And we are against them all. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#christian #christian world #hindu #islamic #islamic world

It is an invention of the devil, an infernal falsity for the destruction of all Christianity. ↗

— Michael Servetus

#destruction #devil #falsity #infernal #invention

Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ died because of the sins of all men. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#christ #christians #died #forgot #jews

Count the cost of your calling, find the value of your dream, and most of all find your place in His love. ↗

— Deborah Brodie

#inspirational #poetry-love-spirituality #dreams