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.
HANS KUNGI’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.
More Hans Kung Quotes
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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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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A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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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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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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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
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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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But I have to add – and this answers your other question – this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
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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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After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.
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That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
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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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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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