Michael Coren Quotes

• It might be comforting to assume that intolerance is an aberration within Islam but discrimination against Christians or any other non-Muslim is in fact integral to orthodox Muslim teaching, and the more profound issue to the serious-minded is not the existence of sectarianism but its extent.

  Michael Coren

  Christian, Teaching, Issues

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• Catholics are frequently criticised because of the prominence and respect given to the Virgin Mary while simultaneously condemned for not giving enough prominence and respect to women.

  Michael Coren

  Giving, Catholic, Enough

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• But the lack of faith could just as well be a crutch for non-believers, allowing them to live their lives without any concept of accountability and giving them some sort of false confidence. The different is that while Catholicism has an abundance of intellectual underpinnings to support its arguments, anti-Catholicism and atheist have few if any.

  Michael Coren

  Atheist, Giving, Accountability

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• It is an almost infallible rule that the more permissive a person is on social and moral issues the more in favour they are of strict gun control.

  Michael Coren

  Gun, Issues, Favour

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• People actually occupy around 3 per cent of the earth's land surface. If 1,200 square feet was given to every person in the world, they would still all fit into an area the size of Texas - whether the Texans would object is an altogether different issue!

  Michael Coren

  Squares, Texas, Land

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• The Church is composed of people, and people do terrible things and commit sin - it's what the Church has been telling us for two thousand years and continues to tell us, which is why the Church is here and essentially one of the major reasons why people hate it so much.

  Michael Coren

  Hate, Years, Two

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• Galileo was challenged because he declared a theory to be a fact and argued with the Church about the genuine meaning of the Bible.

  Michael Coren

  Church, Facts, Genuine

  Michael Coren (2012). “Heresy: Ten Lies They Spread About Christianity”, p.160, Signal

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• The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could be - the more traditional view of the solar system still prevailed even among leading scientists. So it's hardly surprising that Galileo's Catholic judges had difficult accepting his views, especially when they saw themselves as defending scientific orthodoxy and were supported in this by the scientific establishment.

  Michael Coren

  Reality, Views, Circles

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• In early Judaism, the priesthood was maintained within various families and passed down from father to son, thus necessitating marriage. But this is the old covenant, and even within this model priests were required to abstain from having sex with their wives during the time they served in the Temple. Catholics believe that priests fulfill this Temple relationship ever day - the Mass and the Eucharist mean they are serving in the Temple every day of their ordained lives.

  Michael Coren

  Sex, Father, Believe

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