"Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history."

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John Shelby Spong

#Jesus Quotes #Reality Quotes #Apologetic Quotes

“Almost every single person that I've worked with - whether it's been George Clooney or Robert DeNiro or Harvey Keitel, or whoever - the quality that I find that's most consistent in most of the people is the humility.”

Source : "Malik Yoba Exclusive Interview ALPHAS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 7, 2011.
“Along the road of life are many pleasure resorts, but think not that by tarrying in them you will take more days to the journey. The day of your arrival is already recorded.”
“Just as thought experiments can't show that vitalism is true (or that it is false), they also can't show that dualism is true (or that it is false).”
“I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.”

Source : "Mikhail Kalashnikov: 'I sleep soundly'" by Nick Paton Walsh, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2003.
“A man says something. Sometimes it turns out to be the truth, but this has nothing to do with the man who says it.”
“When I was in my teens I had a series of intensely religious experiences. They deepened my sense of God as the creator of all things. And they also deepened my sensitivity towards creation itself so that concern for God's creatures and animal rights followed from that. Some people think I'm an animal rights person who just happens, almost incidentally, to be religious. In fact, it's because I believe in God that I'm concerned about God's creatures. The religious impulse is primary.”
“The world doesn't need any more sadness than it's already got.”
“A man endures misfortune without complaint.”

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