Jesus is an example. We have other examp... by Malcolm Boyd | We Heart Quotes

Author Activist Civil rights Example minister

Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.

- Malcolm Boyd

Other quotes by Malcolm Boyd

Age Man

But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.

- Malcolm Boyd

Nature

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature.

- Malcolm Boyd

Opinion

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

- Malcolm Boyd

History Life

Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.

- Malcolm Boyd

Theatre Being

I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.

- Malcolm Boyd

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

- Malcolm Boyd

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