Mary Jo Sharp > Quotes

“Inside the church community, I find inconsistency between the profession that humanity is fallen and the cautionary practices that should result from such a belief. For example, we don’t pay enough attention to the problem of a fallen mind—the idea that what I believe is probably wrong much of the time. I do find, rather, many people who are easily offended if anything is stated contrary to their way of thinking.”
― Mary Jo Sharp, Why I Still Believe: A Former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God

“I know I’m more than a blob of atoms. I know that I matter more than matter. I see how my immaterial attitudes and thoughts affect my surroundings all the time.”
― Mary Jo Sharp, Why I Still Believe: A Former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God

“The atheist “book of ski instructions” is a massive book full of rationalizations about why humans don’t need ski instructions; they just need to try their best to be good at skiing.”
― Mary Jo Sharp, Why I Still Believe: A Former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God

“If this world, as we experience it, is just the way things are, then there’s no grounding for saying that we are not as we are “supposed” to be.”
― Mary Jo Sharp, Why I Still Believe: A Former Atheist's Reckoning with the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God