I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.
John Shelby SpongI look at American Christianity and I'm almost in despair. I don't want to be identified with it. The Christian vote in America is an anti-abortion, anti-homosexual vote. I consider that to be anti-female and anti-gay, and I don't want to be identified with a God who is anti-anything.
John Shelby SpongI've never met anybody who was helped by being told how wretched, miserable and sinful they are.
John Shelby Spong