#christianity

But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#christianity #consciousness #declared #doubt #had

I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned. ↗

— Lord Byron

#christianity #damned #fancying #great #great mind

Christianity isn't the only group that has fundamentalists. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#fundamentalists #group #only

We must get back to a very strong Christianity... Christianity shaped America and England, and we need to get back to those moral foundations that made us great. ↗

— George Carey

#back #christianity #england #foundations #get

Every spiritual tradition has this idea of death and resurrection. It's not unique to Christianity. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#death #every #idea #resurrection #spiritual

We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#beliefs #christian #christianity #democracy #dependent

With two thousand years of Christianity behind him... a man can't see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It starts off far too many ideas in his head. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

#christianity #deep #deep end #end #far

The aim of all Christian education, moreover, is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of bearing witness in his surroundings to the Christian hope that inspires him. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#christianity #education #faith #religion #education

May there not be some subconscious jealousy that motivates our reactions to other people? Why do we eat chocolate sundaes when we know that we should reduce? Are we free from the influence of parental training? The Scriptures say, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Parental training and all education proceed on the assumption that the will is not free, but can be trained, motivated, and directed. Finally, beyond both physiology and psychology there is God. Can we be sure that he is not directing our choices? Do we know that we are free from his grace? The Psalm says, "Blessed is the man whom you choose and cause to approach you." Is it certain that God has not caused us to choose to approach him? Can we set a limit to God's power? Can we tell how far it extends and just where it ends? Are we outside his control? ↗

— Gordon H. Clark

#christianity #education #free-will #education

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people. ↗

— Billy Ray Cyrus

#actually #always #being #christianity #earth