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.
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.
More Hans Kung Quotes
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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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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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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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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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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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I’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.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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And 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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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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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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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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