Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
HANS KUNGReligion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
HANS KUNGIn the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
HANS KUNGA human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
HANS KUNGHumanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
HANS KUNGA Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
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 KUNGWe should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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.
HANS KUNGThe Gospel has to be the norm.
HANS KUNGI like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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 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 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 KUNGAs a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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 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.
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