Quotes About Violence In The Bible

#1. The violence in the Bible is appalling.

Christopher Hitchens

#2. The Christian is not to be disturbed by the
chaos, violence, strife, bloodshed, and threat of war that fill the pages of our daily newspapers. We know that these things are the consequences of man's sin and greed. Every day as I read my newspaper I say: The Bible is true.

Billy Graham

#3. The preaching of God's word is hateful and contrary unto them. Why? For it is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist; that is to say, them which with their false doctrine and violence of sword enforce to quench the true doctrine of Christ.

William Tyndale

#4. There clearly are contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq that can be documented; there clearly is testimony that some of the contacts have been important contacts and that there's a relationship here

Condoleezza Rice

#5. Over time, my students have gotten richer and more educated.

Anna Deavere Smith

#6. Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#7. I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have understood the Bible.

Mahatma Gandhi

#8. Miss Howard: Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at once.

Agatha Christie

#9. Just a thought for all you God-fearin', gun-lovin', Bible-thumpin' 2nd Amendment patriots. If it turns out Heaven's a gun-free zone, what's plan B???

Quentin R. Bufogle

#10. Over the centuries, and even today, the Bible and Christian theology have helped justify the Crusades, slavery, violence against gays, and the murder of doctors who perform abortions. The words themselves are latent, inert, harmless - until they aren't.

Amy Waldman

#11. I was never lost in the woods in my whole life, though once I was confused for three days.

Daniel Boone

#12. Oh, they don't allow the Bible in Heaven, Miss Mary ... It contains far too much sex and violence.

Bryan Talbot

#13. Revenge easily descends into an endless cycle of hate and violence. The Bible says never repay evil with evil.

Billy Graham

#14. Successful businesspeople retain a quality most others not only lack but often fail to comprehend, and that's the unrelenting drive to convert a vision into reality. They are driven to realize this goal in a manner that appears to defy logic among others who lack this drive.

Robert Herjavec

#15. I remember making a videotape in a fancy hair salon in Beverly Hills. The soundtrack in the salon had a whole worldview behind it - I was interested in things like that.

David Salle

#16. A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways.

John Le Carre

#17. I'm going to eat your fucking eyeballs and wear your faces when I'm done with you!

Jake Bible

#18. And as for you, Holden, old son: if you happen to meet my body coming through the rye, I'd really appreciate it if you'd just stand aside and get out of my fucking way.

Frank Portman

#19. I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

Big Boi