John Shelby Spong Quotes

Atonement Theology Assumes That We Were Created In Some Kind Of Original Perfection. We Now Know That Life Has Emerged From A Single Cell That Evolved Into Self-conscious Complexity Over Billions Of Years. There Was No Original Perfection. If There Was No Original Perfection, Then There Could Never Have Been A Fall From Perfection. If There Was No Fall, Then There Is No Such Thing As "original Sin" And Thus No Need For The Waters Of Baptism To Wash Our Sins Away. If There Was No Fall Into Sin, Then There Is Also No Need To Be Rescued. How Can One Be Rescued From A Fall That Never Happened? How Can One Be Restored To A Status Of Perfection That He Or She Never Possessed? So Most Of Our Christology Today Is Bankrupt. Many Popular Titles That We Have Applied To Jesus, Such As "savior," "redeemer," And "rescuer," No Longer Make Sense, Because They Assume

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