I'm God; You're Not Quotes

“You must protect people who have no social clout because the health of a congregation is measured by its ability to tolerate dweebs.”
― Lawrence Kushner, I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

“Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security.”
― Lawrence Kushner, I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

“you choose to believe what you want, and you choose to do what you do. First comes life, then comes law. You are still responsible. You cannot hide behind anything. Since when does religious tradition permit you to short-circuit any morally uncomfortable decision?”
― Lawrence Kushner, I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

“Spiritual and cultural strength is measured not by rigidity or power, but by the vitality and flexibility of the response.”
― Lawrence Kushner, I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

“The amount of communal participation in prayer is in inverse ratio to the combined vertical and horizontal distance between the leader of the prayers and the first occupied row of seats.”
― Lawrence Kushner, I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego

“We should draft dogs,” he said. “People would say, ‘But I love my dog; I wouldn’t send him to Vietnam. He might get killed.”
― Lawrence Kushner, I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego