Possibility To Become An Idol Quotes & Sayings

The myth of redemptive violence is, in short, nationalism become absolute. This myth speaks for God; it does not listen for God to speak. It invokes the sovereignty of God as its own; it does not entertain the prophetic possibility of radical judgment by God. It misappropriates the language, symbols, and scriptures of Christianity. It does not seek God in order to change; it embraces God in order to prevent change. Its God is not the impartial ruler of all nations but a tribal god worshiped as an idol. Its metaphor is not the journey but the fortress. Its symbol is not the cross but the crosshairs of a gun. Its offer is not forgiveness but victory. Its good news is not the unconditional love of enemies but their final elimination. Its salvation is not a new heart but a successful foreign policy. Its usurps the revelation of God's purposes for humanity in Jesus. It is blasphemous. It is idolatrous. — Walter Wink

His emotionless eyes bore into my soul, and I fell in love with his darkness. — Anonymous

Intimacy. We hunger for it, but we also fear it. — Lillian B. Rubin

How to make spiced rum. Place rum, allspice, cloves, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel, and one vanilla bean - split lengthwise - in a jar and store in a dark place for 2 days. Strain rum using cheesecloth. Pour and enjoy. — Ellery Adams

Most brown bread is merely white bread with a fake tan. — Joel Fuhrman

You don't have to be perfect, but you have to try hard. And I did all the time. — Elena Dementieva

The general economic growth of the quarter of a century that followed World War II not surprisingly created many illusions. In the West, people thought that they had found in Keynesianism the definitive solution to the problem of crises and unemployment. It was thus thought that the world had entered into an era of perpetual prosperity and definitive mastery of the business cycle. In the socialist world, it was also thought that the model formula for even higher growth had been discovered which enabled Khruschev to announce victoriously that by 1980 the USSR would have overtaken the united States "in every domain." In the third world of Africa and Asia, the national liberation movements which had seized political independence, also had a battery of prescriptions which, in a mix of capitalist and socialist recipes, in doses that varied from case to case, would enable these movements to overcome "underdevelopment" in "interdependence. — Samir Amin

Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer. — Rachael Leigh Cook

University degrees are a bit like adultery: You may not want to get involved with that sort of thing, but you don't want to be thought incapable. — Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert

I can never gain something without losing everything I had before. — Nadia Scrieva

There is just this need to feed the beast of movie, or TV, or whatever it may be and you don't want to do things just because you're supposed to do them, or because they're required, or whatever it maybe. — Bryan Burk

The Experiment is the Experiment." For all its contemptuous insanity, the idea still seemed to have some kind of rational kernel to it. — Arkady Strugatsky

God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is His pen. — Edmond Jabes

These were such friendly people, they didn't notice how crabby we were, and before you knew it everyone was as happy as they were. — Nora Raleigh Baskin

If there is some divine plan that requires my survival and the deaths of all those children in day care, I respectfully decline to participate. — Tim Kreider

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants. — Harry Browne