Bart Ehrman Quotes
The Christian religion is founded on the belief that Jesus was raised from the dead. And it appears virtually certain that it was Mary Magdalene of all people, an otherwise unknown Galilean Jewish woman of means, who first propounded this belief. It is not at all farfetched to claim that Mary was the founder of Christianity.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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I got all my politics and culture and my sense of the great wide world of adults from 'Mad Magazine.' But all other comic books literally gave me a headache.
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I have an American top hat that's collapsible and works as a frisbee.
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And of course, pop music is all about memorability and simplicity and positive messages and a little dash of joy.
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Inflation is a prequel to the conventional Big Bang theory. ...It does provide a theory of the propulsion that drove the universe into this humungous episode of expansion which we call the Big Bang.
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My kitchen in New York City is in the Richard Meier building on Perry Street, so it's ultra-modern: white, glass and transparent. It's 180 square feet, with an induction stove. Everything's hidden, so you don't see the microwave or the fridge.
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We are prophetic interrogators. Why are so many people hungry? Why are so many people and families in our shelters? Why do we have one of six of our children poor, and one of three of these are children of color? 'Why?' is the prophetic question.
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My brother always teases me about my forehead: 'I could eat off it!'
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Few comedians can go to their shows and have people yell out bits that they want to hear. It's like going to see your favorite band and yelling out your favorite songs and to say the words along with them.
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I don't believe in angels, and I'm not a religious person.
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I call myself a harp because I like the sound of the word - it is short, sharp, and abusive.
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I am willing to believe, but I do not have the gift of faith. I'm skeptical.
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What's fantastic is that there's a real growing appreciation for performance-capture technology as a tool for acting.
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There's a lot more to success than just singing.
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The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.
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I'm not sure I would want to be a filmmaker, because I've seen how many people they have to go through in order to create their own movie. It doesn't seem like something I can imagine putting myself through.
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
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I really love when music artists like Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson wear outrageous things. Obviously, if I wore something like that I'd look like an idiot, but I really respect fashion.
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[T]he truth is you don't need some external demon to take control of you to turn you into a raging, money-obsessed sociopath, you only need to let loose the demons you already have inside of you.
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As for me and my house, I have no other refuge than this command of Jesus, 'Only believe' that is my refuge.
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The Christian religion is founded on the belief that Jesus was raised from the dead. And it appears virtually certain that it was Mary Magdalene of all people, an otherwise unknown Galilean Jewish woman of means, who first propounded this belief. It is not at all farfetched to claim that Mary was the founder of Christianity.
