“The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church...” — John Shelby Spong Quote

“The audience that I try to reach are members of what I call the church alumni association. Now they are people who have not found in institutional religion a God big enough to be God for their world.”

“The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person.”

“Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies.”

“A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.”

“We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don't know that I have the ability to define what or who or how God is. You know, I think that religion kind of messes people up in that regard. That's just my own personal philosophy.”

“Hobbies of any kind are boring except to people who have the same hobby. This is also true of religion, although you will not find me saying so in print.”