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		If the early Christian accounts of dramatic signs make these works seem foreign and foreboding to segments of modern Western academia, they are nevertheless welcome in many of the dynamic churches of Africa, Latin America, and Asia, which believe that they share their experiences.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Craig S. Keener 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		My family background was deeply Christian. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abbe Pierre 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was baptized a Baptist, but I'm just Christian, as far as I'm concerned. I could go in any church, doesn't matter if it's Baptist, Protestant, Episcopal, or Catholic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sally Ride 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to a Christian school, and as a kid, we weren't allowed to really watch anything violent, even 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Grace 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Today, I regularly attend two Buddhist organizations, the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Against the Stream, but I also attend certain Christian functions. I try to cultivate a generous, kind spirit and am open to anything to help get me there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maggie Rowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Revenge is a way of life and definitely some thing that we identify with. We all feel cheated in some way about some thing and how nice it would be to do something about it. I mean ultimately it's not the most Christian of sentiments. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Radha Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Henry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I definitely would like to do some more dramatic roles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Owen Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We can know that the Christian God cannot exist. If he is all-powerful and all-good, as Christians maintain, there would not have been, for instance, the Holocaust. This is an inherent self-contradiction. So if Christians insist on having a God, they can do so, but if they have any respect for logic they'll have to redefine who he is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Bugliosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have to extend my admiration and respect for Sam Esmail, who is a visionary with what he's done with 'Mr. Robot,' and this brilliant resurgence of Christian Slater only helped us get where we are today - very talented individual. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rami Malek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. The fundamental idea that the Earth is a planet, that we are citizens of the Universe, was rejected and forgotten. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Sagan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good. … Our goal is a Christian nation. We have a Biblical duty, we are called by God, to conquer this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randall Terry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In the heart of Europe runs the purest stream of human love, of justice, of spirit of self-sacrifice for higher ideals. The Christian culture of centuries has sunk deep in her life's core. In Europe we have seen noble minds who have ever stood up for the rights of man irrespective of colour and creed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rabindranath Tagore 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Let us pray...Oh, uh, please don't feel like you can't participate if you're not Christian, because this is a prayer for all faiths... 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bo Burnham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Coulter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic. It's a humorous way for me to describe that I'm not stereotypical. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joel Salatin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mom's side, they're southern Baptist Christian. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nelsan Ellis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Hillman