Rodney Stark Quotes

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?'

~ Rodney Stark

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There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish to become very 'religious' on a day-to-day basis - that the megachurch appeal is a mile wide and an inch deep.

~ Rodney Stark

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There was only one decline in church attendance, and that was in the late 1960s when the Vatican said it was not a sin to miss Mass. They said Catholics could act like Protestants, and so they did.

~ Rodney Stark

1960s Act Attendance Catholics Church Could Decline Did Late Like Mass Miss Only Said Sin Vatican

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Those who belong to megachurches display as high a level of personal commitment as do those who attend small congregations.

~ Rodney Stark

Attend Belong Commitment Display High Level Personal Small Those Who

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

~ Rodney Stark

Church Churches Empty Got State Wherever You

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