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" A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic. "

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" I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country. "

" I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice. "

" What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others. "

" In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer. "

" Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?' "

" It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God. "

" Most of my fundamentalist brothers and sisters - and I am an evangelical, so I can say most of my fundamentalist brothers and sisters - are quite willing to pack women off and send them as missionaries to dangerous places where they might get killed. "

" While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all, it doesn't prove there's a God. If anything, intelligent design lends support to some form of pantheism that defines God as immanent within nature. "

" And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons. "

" In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo. "

" Let us preach Christ, let us be faithful to proclaiming the Gospel, but let's leave judgment in the hands of God. "

" I'm not denying that depression can be spiritually induced. Guilt from having wronged and hurt others can bring it on. A sense of having failed to live out the will of God can give rise to depression. Certainly the fear of death and what might follow can sap the joy out of life. "

" Young Evangelicals, especially, are breaking ranks with older Evangelicals (over 40) and are more and more leaning towards voting Democratic. "

" Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem. "

" If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? "

" So I really would like to see both parties respond to the poor with greater commitment. But I've got to tell you, the Democrats, I feel, are doing a better job in that respect than Republicans are. "

" I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored. "

" Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating Religious Right politics, along with what they deem to be 'old-time gospel preaching.' This is especially true of what comes over the airwaves in Bible Belt southern states. "

" Often, we ignore the fact that our spiritual condition and psychological state of mind are highly affected by what is happening to us physically. Sometimes depression is simply the result of exhaustion. "

" When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. "

" When you listen to Christian radio stations - and there are thousands of them now in the United States - and when you listen to Christian television networks - and there are thousands of Christian television shows across the country - they are all politically right. "

" After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding. "

" Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. "

" I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. "

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" I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America. "

" The Gospel is about grace and we all know that grace is about us receiving from God blessings that we don't deserve. "

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" If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. "