Author: John Shelby Spong

Quotes

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?

- John Shelby Spong

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

- John Shelby Spong

God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny.

God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny.

- John Shelby Spong

Religion is a mixed blessing.

Religion is a mixed blessing.

- John Shelby Spong

Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.

Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.

- John Shelby Spong

Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.

- John Shelby Spong

The Christ path is the path I've walked all my life, so it's normal and natural. And I have no reason to abandon it because it leads to where I want to go.

The Christ path is the path I've walked all my life, so it's normal and natural. And I have no reason to abandon it because it leads to where I want to go.

- John Shelby Spong

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