Joe Battaglia > Quotes

“Ultimately, political correctness boldly asks us to commit intellectual suicide by assenting to what we actually do not believe.”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

“When the state or some other group seeks to control what we think, what we say, and creates fear to say what is on our minds and to question authority, and attempts to usurp the role of God in our lives, that is the beginning of totalitarianism. When we cower to those forces in our culture that tell us to rename our symbols because someone might be “insulted” because they do not believe similarly, they are creating fear and division. Not tolerance.”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

“Certainly, there may be signs that the second coming I around the corner. But who knows the length of God's block? We get so preoccupied with the idea of the second coming that it overshadows the reason for the first coming - to redeem the world, not end it.”
― Joe Battaglia

“We are being drowned in the flood of moral decay, and I'm not talking about sex, drugs or rock n roll. I am talking about the decay that comes as a result of deciding there's no longer "true" truth. And when that happens, the crumbling begins. We see it first in our families, and then in how we treat each other. Next it moves to corporate ethics. That's why social problems such as hate crimes and white-collar crimes increase in a more politically correct climate.”
― Joe Battaglia

“Truth, by definition, must be narrow and not wide. It only allows for one way.”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

“If we draw a line in the sand, our love ought to be more evident to the world than our doctrine.”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

“Political correctness likes the road to truth to be wide, very wide, with many roads to it so that anyone can build their own road. The obvious and end result is the dissolution of absolutes. But Jesus said He was the truth, Absolutely.”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

“Knowing your purpose in life is the ultimate freedom”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief

“You might decide that other people don't matter, either. And if other people don't matter, and you don't matter, then you can come to the conclusion that you can walk into a school or restaurant or theater and randomly take lives.”
― Joe Battaglia, The Politically Incorrect Jesus: Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief