'It was
Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds wall; It was
Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exist'.
View quotes by Friedrich NietzscheIf
Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If
Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine incarnation was a thing superfluous.
View quotes by Herrick JohnsonChristianity is part of the laws of England.
View quotes by Sir Matthew HaleThe whole effect of
Christianity was to transfer the drama onto the moral plane. (Les Faux Monnayeurs)
View quotes by André GideIt is now several months since I promised to give you my reasons for preferring the Bible as a schoolbook to all other compositions. Before I state my arguments, I shall assume the five following propositions:
1 . That
Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and that in proportion as mankind adopts its principles and obeys its precepts they will be wise and happy.
2. That a better knowledge of this religion is to be acquired by reading the Bible than in any other way.
3. That the Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
4. That knowledge is most durable, and religious instruction most useful, when imparted in early life.
5. That the Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life.
- Benjamin Rush, Essays, pp. 93-113, 'A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book'.
View quotes by Benjamin RushIf there is any moral in
Christianity, if there is anything to be learned from it, if the whole story is not profitless from first to last, it comes to this: that a man should back his own opinion against the world s.
View quotes by Samuel ButlerThe Gateway to
Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
View quotes by Norman Vincent PealeChristianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it but degenerated into vice.
View quotes by Friedrich NietzscheChristianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.
View quotes by NovalisI won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where
Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
View quotes by Barry GoldwaterChristianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
View quotes by Gilbert Keith ChestertonChristianity is a battle not a dream.
View quotes by Wendell PhillipsChristianity claims that the supernatural is as reasonable as the natural, that man himself is supernatural as truly as he is natural, and that the Bible is so clearly the word of God by proofs that are unanswerable, that it is unreasonable to disbelieve its divine truths.
View quotes by Abbott E KittredgeWhat was invented two thousand years ago was the spirit of
ChristianityView quotes by Gerald Stanley LeeWhen
Christianity is received, it stimulates the faculties, and calls forth new ideas, new motives and new sentiments. It has been the mother of all modern education
View quotes by James McCoshIn every movement that
Christianity makes to eradicate the corrupt practices of men in political and in social life Christ is setting up His kingdom on the earth.
View quotes by Bernard PaineCapitalism without bankruptcy is like
Christianity without hell.
View quotes by Frank BormanThe trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of
Christianity which keep us from catching the real thing.
View quotes by Leslie DixonMuch of its real meaning is hidden by words that are misleading and symbols that but few understand [on
Christianity]
View quotes by Ernest HolmesStrength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of
Christianity.
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