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POPSBishop John Shelby Spong says: “this book rightly points out…” Everybody knows that Bishop Spong is the most prestigious authority in progressive Christianity; his opinion gives you a firm basis to understand that in this book “I am not attacking the Roman Catholic Church or any other denomination… What I want to do is give information to my readers. This book is not in the spirit of proselytizing, nor am I looking for adherents. This book is mostly informative with fifty years of historical perspective.”
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POPSUnbelievers are right People with doubts about their religious beliefs are right; some are baseless. The “God” of main line traditions does not exist.
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POPSLess Fear, More Faith My hope is that a religious consciousness will begin to rise, one based on enhancing humanity.... Bishop John Shelby Spong
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POPSSpong: Spitzer's Compulsive Behavior and Ours so deep in western civilization which has been fed so constantly by the Christian faith? Of course! Eliot Spitzer is simply the latest example of a rampant sexism that treats women as objects who are less than human. People will quickly forget Governor Spitzer and his high priced prostitute will not even be a footnote in history. I do wish we could some day realize that humanity is fully expressed in both males and females.
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POPSChurch Must Change or Die The traditional church always fights every new intellectual insight, making it difficult for educated people not to stray. Recall the fate of Galileo in the 17th Century. Observe how the church still fights Darwin with such silly things as intelligent design. Look at the present debate in the church over homosexuality in which people use a definition of homosexuality that is no longer saluted anywhere in scientific or medical circles upon which to justify their prejudice. When knowledge collides with traditional faith change is inevitable. I welcome it and if the church cannot engage this intellectually driven change, then it probably should die.