Putting God Second Quotes

“The unique nature of the revelatory moment—be it during the life of Moses, Jesus, or Muhammad—is thus by definition not a pure expression of God’s will. Instead, it must be viewed as an expression of God’s will filtered through the mindset and mores of its intended audience. Since the purpose of revelation is to communicate that will to a human audience, its content must be refracted through the lens of what that audience can understand at that time.”
― Donniel Hartman, Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself

“the fact that a life with God does not seem consistently to make people better is a failure of religion on its own terms, and ought to be a source of consternation for any serious believer.”
― Donniel Hartman, Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself