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Christians have to listen to the world as well as to the Word - to science, to history, to what reason and our own experience tell us. We do not honor the higher truth we find in Christ by ignoring truths found elsewhere.
William Sloane Coffin
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William Sloane Coffin
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 12
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In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism. It's time we did the same for homophobia.
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People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
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To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.
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It is often said that the Church is a crutch. Of course it's a crutch. What makes you think you don't limp?
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We are not loved because we are valued we are valued because we are loved.
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Of God's love we can say two things: it is poured out universally for everyone from the Pope to the loneliest wino on the planet and secondly, God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
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Without love, violence will change the world it will change it into a more violent one.
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The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces all our lives. And the only way to have a good death is to lead a good life. The more we do God's will, the less unfinished business we leave behind when we die.
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A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human.
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What is faith? Faith is being grasped by the power of love.
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Human unity is not something we are called on to create — only something we are called on to recognize.
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In our time all it takes for evil to flourish is for a few good men to be a little wrong and have a great deal of power, and for the vast majority of their fellow citizens to remain indifferent.
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The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.
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It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, [for] all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.
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The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.
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Love is in the giver, not the gift.
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I'm delighted that the future is unsure. That's the way it should be.
William Sloane Coffin
It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion the Bible seeks to open one.
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Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.
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