Michele Pasin / Quotes

Don't make non-believers pretend in church

I believe there is a lack of integrity and respect in asking people who do not profess any faith to pretend otherwise for forty minutes in a building which may be as alien to them as a mortuary. Humanist marriages are not - as I understand - anti religious. But they do allow a couple who would prefer not to be married in church to have a decent, and sometimes more creative, option. John Bell

Saved 26 March 2019 / www.bbc.co.uk ↗

#faith #Church #people

Faith as allowing the spontaneous to be spontaneous

Life and love generate effort, but effort will not generate them. Faith—in life, in other people, and in oneself—is the attitude of allowing the spontaneous…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #life #game #people #faith

Gay masses and the Anglican ordinariate

The church where the 'gay masses' were performed is to be handed over to an ordinariate that emerged from an 'Anglican subculture which … was extremely camp'.

The Catholic Church Makes A Mess Of Gay Masses | Andrew Brown | Comment Is Free | Guardian.co.uk #cAMP #mass #Church

Religion against religions

The Breaking off of Churches.—There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.

Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits #religion #Church #world #end #number

Religious experiences can be explained in terms of brain chemistry

I also refrained from mentioning that many it is now common knowledge that religious experiences such as a sudden overwhelming feeling of onesness with God…

The One Day When Christians And Atheists Sing From The Same Hymn Sheet | Giles Fraser | Comment | The Guardian #religious-experience #experience #religious-ceremonies #God #Church

Waldesians admit only two sacraments

The present Waldensian Church considers itself to be a Christian Protestant church of the Reformed tradition originally framed by Huldrych Zwingli and John…

Waldensians - Wikipedia #Church #confession

Waldesians and their persecutions by the catholic church

Waldensians, Waldenses or Vaudois are names for a Christian movement of the later Middle Ages, descendants of which still exist in various regions, primarily…

Waldensians - Wikipedia #Church #century