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Rodney Stark Quotes

American - Theologian | -

Can anyone seriously imagine a society without stable families? Maybe we should raise all the kids in state orphanages.

Society Seriously Without Imagine

The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.

People Church Go Will More Out

Theology necessitates an image of God as a conscious, rational, supernatural being of unlimited power and scope who cares about humans and imposes moral codes and responsibilities upon them, thereby generating serious intellectual questions such as: 'Why does God allow us to sin?' 'Does the Sixth Commandment prohibit war?'

God Power War Questions Sin Moral

The Christian image of God is that of a rational being who believes in human progress.

God Progress Christian Human Image

It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns.

Society Religious Distribution Tastes

American churches work very hard at reaching out to people to bring them in.

Work People American Hard Out Bring

Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.

Church You Empty Wherever Got State

It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men.

Men Patterns Being Seems Consistent

Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.

Women Church Why Get Asking Knows

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.

Men Crime More High Up Different

A whole lot of Americans have never met a Mormon.

Never Whole Mormon Met Lot

Mormons are an extraordinarily educated and professional population. They have all these virtues: They work hard, don't skip school, have no scandals. Consequently, you find them in a lot of consequential places.

Work School Work Hard You Find Hard

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