#chris

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had only very moderate success in spreading its version of Jewish and Christian ethics to the Arabs. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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The failure of Christianity in the areas west from Sicily was even greater, and was increased by the spread of Arab outlooks and influence to that area, and especially to Spain. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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The traditional Christian attitude toward human personality was that human nature was essentially good and that it was formed and modified by social pressures and training. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#christian #essentially #formed #good #human

This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#christians #how #morning #post #statistic

At the centre of Christianity is community; we are gathered by the Lord around the altar. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

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Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#atheists #because #believers #better #bring

I believe that my own Christian faith does indeed make universal claims. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

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God looked down on this country because this country was founded on the rock and that rock was our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And when the storms came and the rains came, the rock, it did not move. But over the last 15 or 20 years, something began to erode. ↗

— Bob Riley

#began #came #christ #country #did

According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax. ↗

— Bob Riley

#care #charge #christian #each #ethics

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#certainties #christianity #had #i #i think