The Gospel has to be the norm.
HANS KUNGWe should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
More Hans Kung Quotes
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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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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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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In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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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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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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Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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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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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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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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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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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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