1. “Religion. It's
given people
hope in a world
torn apart by
religion.”
Jon Stewart

2. “We have just
enough religion
to make us hate,
but not enough
to make us love
one another.”
Jonathan Swift .

3. 1. That God
Looks
Like An
Old
White
Man

4. George Carlin said: “Religion has convinced
people that there's an invisible man ... living in
the sky. Who watches everything you do every
minute of every day. And the invisible man has a
list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to
do. And if you do any of these things, he will
send you to a special place, of burning and fire
and smoke and torture and anguish for you to
live forever, and suffer, and suffer, and burn, and
scream, until the end of time.
But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you
and he needs money.”

5. “I believe in God, but not as one
thing, not as an old man in the
sky. I believe that what people call
God is something in all of us. I
believe that what Jesus and
Mohammed and Buddha and all
the rest said was right. It's just
that the translations have gone
wrong.” ― John Lennon

6. There’s Nothing wrong with picturing
God however you need to – and
differently every day – just let it be
your own picture – born of something
deep in your heart the place where
you know – you know God.

7. Remember the story of a six-year-
old child in first grade. The teacher
walked to her desk and gently
asked, "What are you drawing?"
"I'm drawing a picture of God," she
said. The teacher then said, "But no
one knows what God looks like."
The little girl responded with a
smile, "They will when I finish."

8. 2. You are
the centre
of the
Universe

9. This is a bit of a
caution to the
previous
encouragement
to imagine God.
God is not at the
exclusive disposal
of you

10. “Religion out of balance is in
danger of becoming something
that turns human judgments into
divine commands which makes
religion one of the most dangerous
forces in the world”
Georgia Harkness.

11. Be a person of
faith – faith that is
always changing
and growing – in
the midst of the
experience of
those around you.

12. 3. You Are
Bad

13. Somehow, Religion Has Become
Focussed On Guilt,
On Pointing Out How Awful We Are.
Forget This.
This Is Not Central To Faith.
It Is The Opposite Of The Jesus Who
Loves People Just As They Are.

14. What we are is
God's gift to us.
What we
become is our
gift to God.
(Louis Nizer)

15. 4. You
should
do
something!

16. Perhaps one of the biggest battles we
face is the concept that we should do
something. You have caused confusion
and delay – basic Protestant work
ethic brilliantly proclaimed with
Thomas the Train – Which is a much
easier read that the Pilgrims Progress
by John Bunyan – which basically says
the same thing.

17. We take - be doers of the word and
not hearers only and leave out the
word and hear part and just do…..
Let us try to just be!

18. 5. Church
is a Noun

19. Church is a verb.
Church is what we are
– not where we sit
not what we must maintain
– it is what we must
become
(the need to know how)
– is noun thinking.
Church is about our actions
- not place, or time, or
habits – not what we do
here – but in everything else
we do.

20. “Anyone who
thinks sitting in
church can make
you a Christian
must also think
that sitting in a
garage can make
you a car.”
Garrison Keillor

21. Religion is
meant to be
bread for daily
use, not cake
for special
occasions

22. Forget these 5 things
that religion has taught
you – or others that
you carry forget them
not to abandon
religious teaching – but
to the truth of the way
of God. I dare you to
believe that God is at
work in whatever
circumstances you
currently find yourself

23. “The Christian
ideal has not
been tried and
found wanting;
it has been
found difficult
and left
untried.”
― G.K. Chesterton