Many now veer away from the time-honored use of the term Father as applied to the Christian God ... This difficulty rests mainly, I believe, on failure to distinguish between a symbol and a definition. Georgia Harkness More Quotes by Georgia Harkness More Quotes From Georgia Harkness The tendency to turn human judgments into divine commands makes religion one of the most dangerous forces in the world. Georgia Harkness judgment atheism world Eternal life is personal existence in continuity with the present life, but transfigured. Georgia Harkness existence eternity life-is The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology. Georgia Harkness doctrine atheism sin the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work. Georgia Harkness revolutionary truth found ... we all know how to pray better than we practice what we know! Georgia Harkness know-how praying practice The great danger is that in the confession of any collective sin, one shall confess the sins of others and forget our own. Georgia Harkness confession sin forget One can be coerced to church, but not to worship. Georgia Harkness church worship religion religion is perhaps its own worst enemy. For religion, masquerading under the guise of archaic creeds, and impossible literalisms, and ecclesiasticism indifferent to human needs, has brought about an inevitable and in many respects wholesome revulsion. Georgia Harkness worst-enemy needs religion Religion is the most widely debated and least agreed upon phenomenon of human history. Georgia Harkness phenomenon humans religion the principal sources of human misery may fairly be said to lie in the over-possession, under-possession, and the unwise use of economic goods. Georgia Harkness use may lying The perpetual danger which besets religion is that it may substitute gentility and aestheticism for prophetic insight and power. Georgia Harkness danger may religion To pray well one must pray much. Georgia Harkness wells praying prayer To keep God at the center of one's life requires frequent renewal of power through prayer. Georgia Harkness godly prayer god Prayer is the opening of the soul to God so that he can speak to us. Georgia Harkness speak soul prayer Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this. Georgia Harkness process prayer may Life is a continual alternation of rest and action, of the need of comfort and the need of power. Georgia Harkness comfort life needs churches, like all the rest of our major institutions, are rooted in capitalism. For a church to attack capitalism is to 'bite the hand that feeds it. Georgia Harkness church hands religion Everybody, whether or not he puts the question vocally, wants to know whether life has any meaning, what his relation is to 'whatever gods there be,' why he is here, what his destiny is, how sin and pain may be overcome, whether prayer matters, what lies beyond death for himself and his loved ones. Georgia Harkness pain prayer lying while religion is ethical, it by no means follows that ethics is religion. Georgia Harkness ethics mean religion Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians! Georgia Harkness artist christian beautiful
