Transcript Document

“The problem with religion for many
of my generation is that we are
constantly looking for fulfillment. It
is as if we have grown malformed –
with a piece, a very small piece, yet
an integral piece, missing.”
~ Jana Novak, 20-something author
“How wrong are those men who live
unconcerned to seek the truth of
something of such ultimate
importance to them, and effecting
them so closely.”
~ Blaise Pascal, Philosopher &
Mathematician
“For a single purpose were the
prophets, each and all, sent down to
earth; for this was Christ made
manifest; for all the prophets of God
abide in the same tabernacle, soar in
the same heaven, are seated upon
the same throne, utter the same
speech, and proclaim the same
Faith.”
~ The Baha’u’llah
“Truth is the cry of all, but the game
of the few.”
~ George Berkeley
Student: “There is no such thing as
absolute truth.”
Teacher: “Do you really believe that
to be true?”
Student: “Absolutely.”
“I think, therefore I am.”
~ Descartes
“I yearn for meaning, therefore God
is.”
~ Dean C. Halverson
“There is only one true religion;
but there can be many different
kinds of belief.”
~ Immanuel Kant
Student: “What is true for one
person isn’t necessarily true for
everyone else.”
Teacher: “Who do you think that
truth applies to?”
Student: “Everyone.”
“Religion is the opium of the
people.”
~ Karl Marx
“Faith may be defined briefly as an
illogical belief in the occurrence of
the impossible.”
~ H.L. Mencken
“Religion is an illusion.”
~ Sigmund Freud
Student: “I don’t think we can
choose a religion based on reason,
but only on personal feelings.”
Teacher: “What leads you to feel
that way?”
Student: “I have my reasons.”
“I am still an atheist, thank God.”
~ Luis Bunuel
“One religion is as true as another.”
~ Robert Burton
Student: “I think all religions are
true.”
Teacher: “Does that include those
religions that
teach other
religions are false?”
Student: “Ummm…”
“Men will wrangle for religion; write
for it; fight for it; anything but live
for it.”
~ Charles Caleb Colton
“My dear child, you must believe in
God, in spite of what the clergy tell
you.”
~ Benjamin Jowett
“We have just enough religion to
make us hate, but not enough to
make us love one another.”
~ Jonathan Swift
“The Christian ideal has not been
tried and found wanting. It has been
found difficult; and left untried.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
“My whole heart strains to know
what the true good is in order to
pursue it: no price would be too high
to pay for eternity.”
~ Blaise Pascal
“The truth will set you free.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth,
John 8:32
“…those who by their
wickedness suppress the
truth.”
~ The Apostle Paul, Romans
1:18 (NRSV)
Complimentary Beliefs
“A” is true.
“B” is true.
Contradictory Beliefs
“A” is true.
“Not A” is true.
4 + 4 = 8
“There is no longer Jew or
Greek; there is no longer slave
or free; there is no longer male
and female; for all of you are
one in Christ Jesus.”
~ Galatians 3:28 (NRSV)
“Enter through the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide and the road
is easy that leads to
destruction, and there are many
who take it. For the gate is
narrow and the road is hard that
leads to life, and there are few
who find it.”
~ Jesus, Matthew 7:13-14
(NRSV)
“I am the way, and the truth, and
the life; no one comes to the
Father but through me.”
~ Jesus, John 14:6 (NASB)
“Salvation is found in no one
else, for there is no other name
under heaven given to us by
which we must be saved.”
~ The Apostle Peter, Acts 4:12
(NIVi)
“Always be prepared to give an
answer to everyone who asks
you to give the reason for the
hope that you have. But do this
with gentleness and respect.”
~ The Apostle Peter, 1 Peter3:15
(NIV)
“For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.”
~ The Apostle Paul, Romans
6:23 (NASB)