Quotes about Critique
For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you."12
— Dale Carnegie
I have argued that the God of the Bible, and especially of the Gospels, can be understood only as God-in-public, and that methods of criticism designed to keep this rumor quiet need to be challenged by appropriate historical, theological, and political critique and replaced by methods that do justice to the reality of the texts and hence do justice - in the much fuller sense - in the public world that the Gospels demand to address.
— NT Wright
There is nothing more insufferable and poisonous on earth than a barefoot monk.
— Martin Luther
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.
— Mark Twain
Read Civilization on Trial and The World and the West.
— John Perkins
To Erasmus] I give you hearty praise and commendation on this further account-that you alone, in contrast with all others, have attacked the real thing, that is, the essential issue. You have not wearied me with those extraneous issues about the Papacy, purgatory, indulgences and such like -trifles, rather than issues... you, and you alone have seen the hinge on which all turns, and aimed for the vital spot.
— Martin Luther
Some things that religious people make a big deal of are rather pointless. Avoid the insanity.
— Rob Bell
Unaware that our culture has subverted our faith, we lose a place from which to judge our own culture
— Miroslav Volf
The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.
— Mark Twain
As a biblical Christian, I must not only affirm the inspiration of God's Word; I must also consciously critique everything else in light of Scripture (otherwise all else will unconsciously conform my mind to the world, the flesh and the devil). I must make an effort to evaluate my beliefs and lifestyle preferences by God's Word.
— Randy Alcorn
Reasoning is never, like poetry, judged from the outside at all.
— CS Lewis
you ought not judge" is itself a judgment! (Pluralists misinterpret Jesus' comments on judging [Matt. 7:1-5]. Jesus did not prohibit judging as such, only judging hypocritically.)
— Norman Geisler