RELIGIOSITY

“The Sparrow” (Mary Doria Russell),
“I really resent the idea that the only reason someone might be good or moral is because they're religious. I do what I do, without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require heaven or hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently ......”

Bishop John Shelby Spong:
“It is time, I am convinced, to move Christianity beyond that historically inaccurate and psychologically damaging definition of humanity that has resulted in a constant denigration of human life as helpless, depraved, sinful, and in need of divine rescue.”