"Swamp Thing, in Hell: 'Demon...How...could God...allow such a place?Etrigan: Think you God built this place, wishing man ill and not lusts uncontrolled or swords unsheathed?Not God, my friend. The truth's more hideous still: These halls were carved by men while yet they breathed.God is no parent or policeman grim dispensing treats or punishments to all.Each soul climbs or descends by its own whim. He mourns, but He cannot prevent their fall.We suffer as we choose. Nothing's amiss. All torments are deserved..."

Theology, Hell, God, Choice, Responsibility

30

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Swamp Thing, in Hell: 'Demon...How...could God...allow such a place?Etrigan: Think you God built this place, wishing man ill and not lusts uncontrolled or swords unsheathed?Not God, my friend. The truth's more hideous still: These halls were carved by men while yet they breathed.God is no parent or policeman grim dispensing treats or punishments to all.Each soul climbs or descends by its own whim. He mourns, but He cannot prevent their fall.We suffer as we choose. Nothing's amiss. All torments are deserved..."

Exlpore more Theology quotes

"When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is impractical, and therefore, useless."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Theology, Truth, Faith, Realism

"O my soul, is not this enough? Dost thou need more strength than the omnipotence of the United Trinity? Dost thou want more wisdom than exists in the Father, more love than displays itself in the Son, or more power than is manifest in the influences of the Spirit?"

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Theology, Faith, Wisdom, Power, Love

"When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win."

Lionel Suggs, American Writer

Theology, God, Destiny, Power, Design

"God is good only when everything is good. When everything is bad, the devil takes control; god reappears when everything is in order once again. That's what my pastor taught me."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Theology, God, Devil, Religion, Faith

"We cannot begin to define God's knowledge. We know, simply and profoundly, that nothing is hidden from Him or incomprehensible to Him."

Elizabeth George, American Author

Theology, Knowledge, God, Faith, Mystery

"Jesus Is The Resurrection, therefore, Resurrection Is Not A Thing Or An Event, RESURRECTION Is A PERSONALITY"."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Theology, Faith, Identity, Spiritual, Truth

"The worst thing that I can do is humanize God. The second worst thing that I can do is deify myself. And the best thing that I can do is to avoid both."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Theology, Faith, Pride, Humility, Truth

"In Bobby Ogle's version of heaven everyone would wind up in one place, criminals and Muslims included."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Theology, Heaven, Faith, Afterlife, Inclusion

"To ask when the kingdom of God will come is to be religious."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Theology, Kingdom, Religion, Faith, Spirituality

"Paul has no intention to instruct the Christian community about the task and responsibility of government. His entire concern is with the responsibility of the Christian community towards the State."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Theologian

Theology, Faith, Community, Government, Responsibility

Explore more quotes by Alan Moore

"Of course, Marxism is an example of what Carl Popper would have called a 'World Three' structure, in that it's got immense power as an idea, but you couldn't actually hold up anything in the world and say: 'this is Marxism'."

Power

"Do not weep. Being is enough. There, that is all. I am done..."

Mindset

"Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember."

Society

"I've developed a theory that there's an inverse relationship between money and imagination. That if you've got lots of imagination then you don't really need much money, and if you've got lots of money then you won't bother with much imagination."

Creativity

"Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell."

Society

"I'm remote from most technology to the point that I'm kind of Amish."

Simplicity

"Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust."

Culture

"Evening work is economical. Power comes most cheaply by night."

Productivity

"Machine. Unexpectedly, I'd invented a time."

Innovation

"It wasn't so much all the sex that robbed me of my moral bearings, but all the narcotics. I must say, there's something about opium that goes very well with lesbianism."

Addiction