Oh the Christian church has encouraged enormous immaturity among the peoples who are its primary adherence.
John Shelby SpongIn the fall of 1988, I worshipped God in a Buddhist temple. As the smell of incense filled the air, I knelt before three images of the Buddha, feeling that the smoke could carry my prayers heavenward. It was for me a holy moment for I was certain that I was kneeling on holy ground....I will not make any further attempt to convert the Buddhist, the Jew, the Hindu or the Moslem. I am content to learn from them and to walk with them side by side toward the God who lives, I believe, beyond the images that bind and blind us.
John Shelby SpongI think we have to recover our spiritual nature. The way we have interpreted Christianity does not do that.
John Shelby SpongI want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
John Shelby Spong