Faith

"The Christian God seemed the most offensive to people precisely because he was the most godlike. He was too perfect even to be coaxed by human efforts, and therefore sent his son to do the job."

"Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to a well-worn path."

"Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to well-worn path."

"We no longer find our identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination."

"We no longer find out identity or value in having the right theology or being a part of the right denomination."

"…because he was far more interested in allowing his disciples to cultivate a relationship and trust with and in him than leading them to a place of "arrival"."

"I have come to see that exploration is not a practice of the unfaithful, but rather is exactly what being a follower of Christ is actually all about."

"…for exploring beyond the boundaries that I had been taught to stay within."

"What if one's tendency to go wandering off is truly a gift? What if the driving force beneath the curiosity that leads a person to wander off the beaten path is not immaturity, but the wild, untamable Spirit of God, drawing them into the foliage to be refined, to discover fresh insights, and pioneer a new way forward for a new group of people?"

"If they're not willing to explore beyond the realm of their safety, certainty, and comfort, they will never know if their fantasies are true."

"…those who are the most confident are often those who don't have any fun."

"But it's only when we allow ourselves to get lost that we can have the opportunity to find and be found."

"Allowing myself to wander off into the vast jungles of religion and spirituality has often led to me stumbling upon life altering new ways of thinking, living, and being."

"What are we to do when we seem to grow out of God? Or at least the understanding of God that we grew up with?"

"This body is the house of God."

"I would not say I was a nonbeliever; rather, that I gave little if any thought to celestial concerns. It did not seem to me that God, whoever he was, would be the sort of god to take an interest in the minutiae of human affairs, or that this fact released us from the duty to go about our lives in a spirit of decency to others."

"After losing faith, even an atheist feels a yawning void in his soul that needs filling; there is nothing imaginable that he can fill with it. It was all along meant to be filled with the sacred, with the unknown and unknowable power. That's the curse or blessing of humanity"

"I know what is going on in the heart of an atheist. Deep anguish that there is nothing beyond, nothing to live for, nothing to give him hope. I know because I endured the same predicament."

"An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him. Atheism is a cry of despair"

"From the club of what atheist call false hope and false god (which offer solace to weak minds), atheist are calling you to their club of no god and no hope (which offers nothing in return. Join the club only if you are a strong minded individual capable of handling your life alone without the help of gods. )"