Kenneth Langer > Quotes

“I have come to see the word God not as “the big guy in the sky”, but as one of many words that designate sacredness, mystery, and reverence in the world. Each of us and all the universe is divinity in action.”
― Kenneth Langer, Religion Without God: Notes From an Atheist Minister

“If God is omniscient, he is aware of pain, and suffering. If God is omnibenevolent, he turns a blind eye toward it. If God is omnipotent, he chooses not to intervene. Any explanation as to why God does not act to prevent examples of the brutality of humans toward humans has to reduce one or more of these qualities and make God less than God.”
― Kenneth Langer, Religion Without God: Notes From an Atheist Minister

“Rather than a single thread of belief, a braided cord of different traditions: theistic, non-theistic, natural, mystical, traditional, or novel can be braided together to create something even stronger and more durable than before.”
― Kenneth Langer, Religion Without God: Notes From an Atheist Minister

“Through the ground of all being the universe is already in relationship with itself, with all things conceivable, and with you. Instead of looking beyond, it can be found by looking within. Such a journey begins by accepting that you are already worthy of that love simply by being alive.”
― Kenneth Langer, Religion Without God: Notes From an Atheist Minister

“A calling is not a sudden flash of realization as much as it is a recognition of a long suppressed dream waiting to be discovered.”
― Kenneth Langer