Literalism In The Bible Quotes

#1. The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution.

Reza Aslan

#2. We are a country that has many friends, many allies, when we operate in the world, we operate with friends and allies that's been true for decades and if we wind up going to war in Iraq it will be true in Iraq.

Douglas Feith

#3. Heaven? I don't have an affinity with that place.

SebastiAn

#4. Only 8000 different words appear in the Hebrew Bible, compared to the 20,000 or more that the average adult needs to know in most languages.

Robert Lane Greene

#5. Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.

Susan Maushart

#6. When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)

Joseph Campbell

#7. Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making roles, as heads of state, CEOs, religious and cultural leaders, and as partners and parents.

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

#8. How do I begin to love you? - the

Jessie Burton

#9. Keep moving if you love life, and keep your troubles well behind you.

John McCain

#10. I have been tossing around the idea of writing some non-fiction. Maybe a collection of short stories about my experience being a mom and how not to be perfect.

Melissa Peterman

#11. He is not a ghost; yet every nerve I have is unstrung: for a moment I am beyond my own mastery. What does it mean? I did not think I should tremble in this way when I saw him, or lose my voice or the power of motion in his presence.

Charlotte Bronte

#12. Camerado, this is no book,
Who touches this touches a man,
(Is it night? are we here together alone?)
It is I you hold and who holds you,
I spring from the pages into your arms - decease calls me forth.

Walt Whitman

#13. Most people would say they love animals, but the reality is, if your using animals for food, clothing, or entertainment, you're only considering the lives of certain animals, typically those of cats and dogs.

Melisser Elliott

#14. Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

C.S. Lewis

#15. Remember: Move with the Cheese! Ken

Spencer Johnson

#16. It is already apparent that the 'minimalist' view of the Bible as wholly fictitious and unhooked from historical reality, may be as much of a mistake as the biblical literalism it sought to supersede.

Simon Schama