Carolina QuotesChristianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.
John Shelby Spong Carolinian
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"Why We Must Reclaim The Bible From Fundamentalists", The Huffington Post (13 October 2011)
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