Facts about John Shelby Spong

Occup.	Clergyman
From	USA
Born	June 16, 1931
Age	93 years

Summary

John Shelby Spong is a famous Clergyman from USA, he/she is 93 years old and still alive, born June 16, 1931.

Zodiac:

He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 10 quotes who is written / told by John.

10 Famous quotes by John Shelby Spong

"I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God"

"I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile"

"You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability"

"I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies"

"Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down some of their enemies"

"Mother Nature is not sweet"

"You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a world that doesn't create terrorists - and that means a whole different way of "getting along.""

"Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good"

"All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake"

"If you begin to give people hope that there is a brighter future, there is a new tomorrow, then the people who were yesterday's terrorists become tomorrow's elected officials and they're part of the system"