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“I do not believe all religions lead to God because no religion leads to God. Religion does not lead people to
God any more than cups quench your thirst.”
― Bruxy Cavey, The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus

“The fact is, rape is utterly commonplace in all our cultures. It is part of the fabric of everyday life, yet we all act as if it’s something shocking and extraordinary whenever it hits the headlines. We remain silent, and so we condone it…Until rape, and the structures – sexism, inequality, tradition – that make it possible, are part of our dinner-table conversation with the next generation, it will continue. Is it polite and comfortable to talk about it? No. Must we anyway? Yes.”

‘To protect our children, we must talk to them about rape”
― Desmond Tutu

“What about evil, you may ask? Aren’t some people just evil, just monsters, and aren’t such people just unforgivable? I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil. To relegate someone to the level of monster is to deny that person’s ability to change and to take away that person’s accountability for his or her actions and behavior.”
― Desmond Tutu, The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World

“What constantly marked the life of Jesus was not nonviolence but in every situation the choice not to use power.”
― Jacob E Van Vleet, Jacques Ellul: Essential Spiritual Writings