So here are some of my fav quotes from this article i found today.
"Modern organizational theorists have noticed how bureaucracies tend to replace the goal for which they were originally established with the goal of advancing their own survival and interests. This is no less true of churches than of other human institutions. Through much of human history, even modern history, churches have been tribalistic"
"If hate equals the absence of love, then a love that justifies killing can be perceived easily as hate."
"A religion that teaches love but legitimates war is problematic for many. In the United States, the vocabulary used by the presidential administration to justify the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is often influenced by religious terms and ideas. The "other" is "evil" and perpetuates it. No good comes from this other and so the other should be "hunted down" in order for the "divine right of freedom" to be bestowed upon a wanting people groaning under the weight of social and religious oppression."
"Accordingly, if the punishment of sin is death and Jesus fulfilled that punishment, then death as a retributive act should no longer justified within Christianity "
(one favorite quote of mine) "I contend that we are both athiests, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours"
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