"Even apart from the image of a truly merciless God that contradicts everything we can assume from what Jesus says about the Either of the lost, can we be surprised at a time when retributive punishments without an opportunity of probation are being increasingly abandoned in education and penal justice, that the idea not only of a lifelong, but even eternal punishment of body and soul, seems to many people absolutely monstrous."

-- Hans Kung

#Jesus Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Punishment Quotes

“It is so good, so sweet and above all, so beneficial to suffer.”
“We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And - if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences.”

Source : David Gemmell (2005). “Lord of the Silver Bow”, Bantam Press
“It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization.”
“Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.”
“I tried writing adult romances, but it just didn't fit my voice.”
“Voting is actually an exercise in futility and only used to convey false credibility to a controlled political system totally divorced from the people”
“Music has always been important to me. Rhythm, in particular, features in most of the things I do. I stumbled recently upon an old notebook in which I'd written, 'Touch, timing and timbre... keys to the heart.' That just about says it all.”
“There will come a time when the gun owners of America, the law-abiding gun owners of America, will be the Rosa Parks and we will sit down on the front seat of the bus, case closed,”

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