Top 24 Quotes by Rodney Stark

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These are some quotes by American author Rodney Stark Theologian.

Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.

Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.

Rodney Stark

Regular church-goers are substantially more likely than non-attenders to read, to take newspapers and magazines, to listen to classical music, to attend symphony concerts, operas, and stage plays.

Regular church-goers are substantially more likely than non-attenders to read, to take newspapers and magazines, to listen to classical music, to attend symphony concerts, operas, and stage plays.

Rodney Stark

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.

Rodney Stark

Mormons are an extraordinarily educated and professional population. They have all these virtues: They work hard, don't skip school, have no scandals. Consequently, you find them in a lot of consequential places.

Rodney Stark

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs.

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs.

Rodney Stark

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

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

Rodney Stark

Most churches are run by preachers who went to seminaries, who decided to be preachers when they were 18, 19, 20 years old. These preachers never met a payroll. They don't know how the world works.

Most churches are run by preachers who went to seminaries, who decided to be preachers when they were 18, 19, 20 years old. These preachers never met a payroll. They don't know how the world works.

Rodney Stark

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

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

Rodney Stark

Had the followers of Jesus remained an obscure Jewish sect, most of you would not have learned to read, and the rest of you would be reading from hand-copied scrolls.

Had the followers of Jesus remained an obscure Jewish sect, most of you would not have learned to read, and the rest of you would be reading from hand-copied scrolls.

Rodney Stark

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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