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So Close!
...And Yet So Far?
Part 9 Protestant Fundamentalism
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A friendly study of all the worlds religious
scriptures is the sacred duty of every
person. Mahatma Ghandi
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The problem with religion for many of my
generation is that we are constantly looking for
fulfillment. It is as if we have grown malformed
with a piece, a very small piece, yet an
integral piece, missing. Jana Novak,
20-something author
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Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the
few. George Berkeley
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I think, therefore I am. Descartes I yearn
for meaning, therefore God is. Dean C.
Halverson
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical
belief in the occurrence of the impossible.
H.L. Mencken
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The Christian ideal has not been tried and
found wanting. It has been found difficult and
left untried. G.K. Chesterton
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My dear child, you must believe in God, in
spite of what the clergy tell you. Benjamin
Jowett
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You and I, each and every one of us without
exception, can be defined as an aching need for
the infinite. Some people realize this some do
not. Thomas Dubay, The Evidential Power Of
Beauty
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To believe in God is impossible not to
believe in him is absurd. Votaire
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It is the test of a good religion whether you
can joke about it. G.K. Chesterton
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I was told that the Chinese said they would bury
me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my
memory. I have some slight regret that this has
not been arranged, as I might have become a god,
which would have been very chic for an
atheist. Bertrand Russel
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Giving away a fortune is taking Christianity
too far. Charlotte Bingham
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I do benefits for all religions Id hate to
blow the hereafter on a technicality. Bob
Hope
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Im going to take the moment to contemplate
most of the Western religions. Im looking for
something soft on morality, generous with
holidays, and with a very short initiation
period. David Addison
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The message of Christ must be heard by every
religion, including the Christian religion.
Karl Barth
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The really unbearable thing for us is grace. It
is exactly the opposite of everything our
religious sentiments are looking fore. We are
possessed by an obsessional desire to justify
ourselves. Saying that God loves us grants us no
reassurance. We would prefer it if he gave us
fifty things to do, so that when we had done them
we could be at peace. We do not want an ongoing
relationship with God. We prefer a rule.
Jacques Ellul, Christian Theologian
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The easiest kind of relationship for me is
with ten thousand people. The hardest is with
one. Joan Baez
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It is better to be hated for what you are than
loved for what you are not. Andre Gide
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When we focus on external holiness we build a
wall between our true self and our pseudo-self.
Wearing masks and presenting a pseudoself means
one is not in open relationship with others. It
is a counterfeit community of one pseudoself
talking to another pseudoself. Mark D. Baker,
Missionary
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Religion is exhausting. Mark D. Baker
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Come to me, all of you who are weary and
burdened down, and I will give you rest.
Jesus of Nazareth to those who have tried
religion and are looking for more.
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Gods household, built on the foundation of
the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus
himself as the chief cornerstone. Ephesians
220 (NIV)
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This is eternal life, that they may know You,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have
sent. John 173 (NASB)
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Why do you yourselves transgress the
commandment of God for the sake of your
tradition? Matthew 153 (NASB)
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Belief
Truth
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Conservativism
Liberalism
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You yourselves plural are our letter
singular, written on our hearts, to be known
and read by all and you show that you plural
are a letter singular of Christ. 2
Corinthians 32-3 (NRSV)
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers and
sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your
bodies plural as a living sacrifice singular,
holy and acceptable to God. Romans 121
(NRSV)
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 517 (NIV)
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If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord,
and believe in your heart that God raised Him
from the dead you will be saved. Romans 109
(NASB)
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