#christianity

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

— Michael Servetus

#destruction #devil #falsity #infernal #invention

When I read the Upanishads, which are part of Vedanta, I found a profundity of worldview that made my Christianity seem like third grade. ↗

— Huston Smith

#found #grade #i #like #made

The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#enhance #every #i #i see #life

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity. ↗

— John Strachan

#back #brought #christianity #compare #contemplate

It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#christian #christianity #civil #civil liberty #civilization

Christianity does not remove you from the world and its problems; it makes you fit to live in it, triumphantly and usefully. ↗

— Charles Templeton

#does #fit #live #makes #problems

A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all. ↗

— Randall Terry

#conflict #scriptures

Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#actively #advance #behind #body #christianity

Throughout the past, there has been a lack of intimacy, affection, and regard for Islam by Christianity. This, to a large extent, has been due to a lack of knowledge of the great human and spiritual ideals for which Islam and the teachings of Islam stand. ↗

— Aly Khan

#been #christianity #due #extent #great

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#find #her #priestcraft #subjected #woman