Paul Ricoeur Quotes

If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

There may be men who think they are attacking Christianity when they investigate the historical origin or the morality of some dogma; I do not think so. Honest investigation can result only in growth.

You don't have to be a Fundamentalist Christian to be interested in the Bible. It's really a fascinating mythology.

Conservatives and liberals understand the Christian faith as a set of ideas because, so understood, Christianity seems to be a set of beliefs assessable to anyone upon reflection.

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

I actually do propose open-mindedness, but open-mindedness to the Word of God.

I love the Bible.

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.

Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.

Either Jesus is the son of God, or he is not.

I believe in God. It's a big part of my life. You can bring it up and talk about it without being 'Christian Rocker.'

I was born and raised Catholic.

In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out.

I'm a Christian, but I don't believe in religion or anything like that.

Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.

If Christians see Mormonism as a dramatic deviation from a millennia-old, biblically-based faith, Jews see Christianity in the same light.

There are things that I do agree with in Christianity and things that I don't agree with. I'm not a regular churchgoer, but I do think that I have my own beliefs that I feel strongly about.

There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.

I'm a Catholic, but I used to love going to Vacation Bible School with my fundamentalist friends.

I think Newt Gingrich is a Christian; at least, he told me he is.

Christianity has always embraced both reason and faith.

I am very interested in theology. In fact, my first degree was in theology, so it's something that interests me greatly.