Quotes
Quote of the Day: President Obama
By Yonat Shimron — September 3, 2014
“Like Jim Foley before him, Steve’s life stood in sharp contrast to those who murdered him so brutally. They make the absurd claim that they kill in the name of religion, but it was Steven, his friends say, who deeply loved the Islamic world. His killers try to claim that they defend the oppressed, but it […]
Quote of the Day: Cardinal Gerhard Mueller
By Yonat Shimron — September 2, 2014
Above all we have to clarify that we are not misogynists, we don’t want to gobble up a woman a day! –Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, quoted in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican’s semiofficial newspaper, speaking about the investigation into the American nuns.
Quote of the Day: Ft. Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
By Yonat Shimron — August 29, 2014
“I formally and humbly request to be made a citizen of the Islamic State. It would be an honor for any believer to be an obedient citizen soldier to a people and its leader who don’t compromise the religion of All-Mighty Allah to get along with the disbelievers.” –Nidal Hasan, convicted shooter in the 2009 Fort Hood […]
Quote of the Day: Letter to President Obama from religious leaders
By Yonat Shimron — August 28, 2014
“While the dire plight of Iraqi civilians should compel the international community to respond in some way, U.S. military action is not the answer … There are better, more effective, more healthy and more humanizing ways to protect civilians and to engage this conflict.” — Letter to President Obama signed by 53 religious leaders, academics and ministers urging […]
Quote of the Day: Robert P. George
By Yonat Shimron — August 27, 2014
“Let’s hope it doesn’t come to the need to send American troops. But if it does, we’re going to have to stop them. We’re going to have to fight them somewhere. Do we want to fight them in New York? Or in Washington, D.C.? Terrorist attacks? Or should we fight them and defeat them in […]
Quote of the Day: The Rev. Al Sharpton
By Yonat Shimron — August 26, 2014
“Religion should confirm what we’re doing, not be an escape. Some of us are so heavenly bound that we’re no earthly good. When Michael Brown was on the ground, what did you do?” –The Rev. Al Sharpton, speaking at the funeral for Michael Brown, an unarmed teen fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, […]
Quote of the Day: President Obama
By Kevin Eckstrom — August 20, 2014
“No just God would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day. … Their ideology is bankrupt.” — President Obama, speaking after militants from the Islamic State beheaded freelance journalist James Foley.
Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King III
By Ron Ribiat — August 18, 2014
“What I would say to anyone who is engaged in violence is that approach will not ultimately yield the greatest benefit for the community. It may temporarily accomplish an objective. If the philosophy of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth was one we all embraced, most of us would be without […]
Quote of the Day: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
By Ron Ribiat — August 15, 2014
“What’s gone on here over the last few days is not what Missouri is about. It’s not what Ferguson is about. This is a place where people work, go to school, raise their families, go to church. But lately it’s looked a little bit more like a war zone and that’s unacceptable.” — Missouri Gov. Jay […]
Quote of the Day: Abu Bakr Naji
By Ron Ribiat — August 13, 2014
“The increase in savagery is not the worst thing that can happen now or in the previous decade or those before it. Rather, the most abominable of the levels of savagery is [still] less than stability under the order of unbelief.” — Abu Bakr Naji, from his 2006 book, “The Management of Savagery,” as quoted in […]
Quote of the Day: President Barack Obama
By Ron Ribiat — August 12, 2014
“He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most — from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets.” — President Barack Obama speaking about comedian and actor Robin Williams who died Monday at age 63.
Quote of the Day: Pope Francis
By Ron Ribiat — August 11, 2014
“The news coming from Iraq leaves us incredulous and appalled. All this seriously offends God and seriously offends humanity. You cannot bring hatred in the name of God. You cannot make war in the name of God!” — Pope Francis, speaking at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday (Aug. 10).
Quote of the Day: Mormon rancher Cliven Bundy
By Ron Ribiat — August 7, 2014
“We are to be ‘subject to kings, presidents, rulers and magistrates’ as they honor the Constitution. But if they don’t honor the Constitution, we don’t have no obligation to ’em. Only as they honor the principles of protecting liberty and freedom of individual rights do we honor them and their government. It don’t say we […]
“Quote of the Day: Restaurant owner Mary Haglund
By Ron Ribiat — August 5, 2014
“It’s about the whole idea of gratitude. It’s not a religious thing, it’s a spiritual thing.” — Mary Haglund, owner of Mary’s Gourmet Diner in Winston-Salem, N.C., on her restaurant’s 15 percent discount for “praying in public.” She was quoted by Fox News.
Quote of the Day: Celibate gay Christian Julie Rodgers
By Ron Ribiat — August 4, 2014
“We can be easily misunderstood, to put it nicely, by both sides of the culture war. For those who have a more affirming position, it’s as if we’re repressed, self-hated homophobes, encouraging the church to stand in its position on sexuality. And conservative Christians think that those who shift on sexuality are being rebellious.” — Julie […]
