I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
HANS KUNGI like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
HANS KUNGIn the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
HANS KUNGThat is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
HANS KUNGThe Gospel has to be the norm.
HANS KUNGFor 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.
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.
HANS KUNGAlluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
HANS KUNGIn 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.
HANS KUNGAll 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.
HANS KUNGHowever, 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 KUNGAt 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.
HANS KUNGThere will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
HANS KUNGI 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.
HANS KUNGTime and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
HANS KUNGGod’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
HANS KUNGReligion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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