Is God Violent?

Philip Gulley – Why is Christianity so Violent?

Posted by on June 5, 2011 at 6:01 am

“Consider for a moment the damage done by theological exclusivity.  When any religion claims a unique divine status for its founder, the next inevitable step is exclusion. “Our religion is the true path to God!  All other religions are false.”  Tolerance, acceptance, and mutual respect fall by the way.  Justifications are made not only to [...]

Brian McLaren – Is God Violent?

Posted by on January 31, 2011 at 7:09 am

“When I was a professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta, I required my students to read Nazi theology.  I wanted them to understand how some Christians bent the words of the Bible into weapons aimed at Jews and how these weapons found their mark at Auschwitz and Dachau.  My Christian students responded to these disturbing [...]