It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
HANS KUNGIt is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
HANS KUNGI like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
HANS KUNGWe are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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 KUNGIf 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.
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 KUNGAfter 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.
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 KUNGWe should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
HANS KUNGThere will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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 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 KUNGAs a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
HANS KUNGBut 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.
HANS KUNGA human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
HANS KUNGAnd a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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