1.
Religion
is not about getting but about giving.
Ask not what you can get from religion, ask what you can give to care
for the neighbor and make the world a bit more just.
2.
If you want to know what someone believes, do
not listen to the mouth, follow the feet.
3.
Keep trying to change what is wrong even when
you fail, or what is wrong will ultimately change you. That means vote, vote, vote!
4.
Faith is trusting without knowing for sure. Theology is talking about God without knowing
what you’re talking about. A true
theologian is haunted by the silence of God and knows that she or he does not
know.
5.
Whether we like it or not, there are different
religions and different ways to be religious.
Some ways of being religious are helpful and wise, while others are not. The key lies in the communal argument not the
conclusion.
6.
In religion, the question is more important than
the answer to the question.
7.
Arguing about which religion is the best, the
truest, the right one, is like arguing about which star is brightest in the
dark sky. They each have their moments,
some constructive, some destructive, some explosive, some implosive.
8.
Religion is a mysterious romantic adventure. It gives people hope, keeps them sane, trains
them to act well. But it can make other
people crazy, mad or insane. Pascal was
right, “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from
religious conviction.”
9.
Facing the limits of religious truth takes
wisdom and courage. The serious
religious person searches for truth and is skeptical about any unsupported assertions.
10.
Do not be too religious. Religions offer us but a glimpse into the
mystery. At the same time, do not
dismiss the power and force of religious truth.
Religions were invented by human beings; what God has to do with each
religion, only God knows.
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