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The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs.
“The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs.”
— Lionel Blue · Beliefs
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“The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs.”
“Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.”
“In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.”
“I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly.”
“For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.”
“The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.”
“There are certain things I couldn't write because they're not intrinsic to my beliefs. For instance, I couldn't write a hero or heroine who didn't put children first.”
“One's political views and/or religious beliefs should not exist in an impenetrable and inviolable bubble wherein they are protected from criticism or scrutiny.”
“We are all equal not because we partake in some peculiar nature or because we share in the same credo of unreasoned beliefs, but because we take it that no thinking being is incapable of seeing reason.”
“I think around 2015 and 2016 I ended up in an identity crisis, artistically. I didn't know what direction I was going in. I'm a perfectionist and I want to be truthful to my beliefs, if you know what I mean.”
“Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.”
“It is no coincidence that so many religious beliefs date back to times when no science could possibly have accounted satisfactorily for many of the natural phenomena inspiring scripture and myths.”