A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
HANS KUNGThere will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
More Hans Kung Quotes
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I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere in the bible does it say that a person has to stick it out to the decreed end. No one tells us what “decreed” means.
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I don’t cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That’s the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
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For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.
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That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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I’m not saying goodbye to life because I’m a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it’s time to move on.
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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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