The churches of Christianity have spent almost two thousand years mostly ignoring the teachings of Jesus and perpetrating every imaginable crime in his name. In this collection of sayings the Gadfly character confronts priests, preachers and others with a different perspective.
“Too many Christians kneel at the cross, ranting about the sacred blood of Jesus, while the blood of their neighbor flows past them unnoticed and profane.” - The Gadfly
Below are the Sayings of a Gadfly:
- 1. The Parable of the Door
- 2. Parable of the Candle
- 3. The Hermeneutics of Fire and Ash
- 4. The Sails of Faith and the Winds of Questioning
- 5. Pick up the Slack
- 6. The Virtue of Mediocrity
- 7. Tearing Eyes and Blindfolds
- 8. Unpollinated Literati
- 9. Faith Means Being Able to Look Up
- 10. There is More Truth in Friendship Than Brimstone
- 11. Divine Pears and Paper Gods
- 12. The Race
- 13. Parable of the Valley
- 14. Aesthetic Faith
- 15. The Selfish Saints and The Selfless Tyrant
- 16. Limits of Confession
- 17. The Testimony of Evil
- 18. The Dance of Life
- 19. Holy Garbage
- 20. Revenge
- 21. Freethinking
- 22. On the Love of Enemies
- 23. Wings of the Soul
- 24. The Measure of Morality
- 25. A log or a Lens?
- 26. The limit of Anthropomorphism
- 27. The Immanence of Transcendence
- 28. God is Also Hate
- 29. The Substance of Faith
- 30. Bible Thumping
- 31. Bones of Jesus
- 32. The Hedonist
- 33. Holy Questioner
- 34. Love and Bile
- 35. The Default Answer
- 36. The Cantor's Resignation
- 37. Out of the Abundance of the Heart
- 38. Right Speech
- 39. Holy Blood
- 40. Sunday Meat
- 41. History Ectomy
- 42. Empty Mana
- 43. The Parsing Mind and the Seeing Heart
- 44. The Dignity of Clouds and Trees
- 45. The Meaning of Life
- 46. Spirituality by Rote
- 47. On the Foundation of a Church
- 48. Avatar Salad
- 49. Path to Error
- 50. The Beggar
- 51. Vespers of Rhythm and Fire
- 52. The Natural is Super
- 53. Inerrancy as a Prop of Faithlessness
- 54. Art or Economy?
- 55. Clay Apes
- 56. The Righteousness of Hell
- 57. The Sureties of a Mole
- 58. The Salvation of Kneecaps
- 59. In-Carnation
- 60. What is Zen?
- 61. Ketchup on the Hamburger
- 62. God is It
- 63. Idol Worship
- 64. The Volume of Faith
- 65. A Song of Life
- 66. Thought Experiment
- 67. Fear of God
- 68. Shadow Watcher
- 69. A Wishful Thought
- 70. Drawing Down the Heart
- 71. Hospitality to the Stranger
- 72. Folie á Deux
- 73. Gospel Stories and Blanket Truth
- 74. The Dance of Death
- 75. Piety Mud Puddle
- 76. The Secret of Good Relationships
- 77. Feeding off the Bottom
- 78. Loitering in the Narthex
- 79. Easter Faith
- 80. Irreligion
- 81. The Destroyer of Religions
- 82. Judgmental
- 83. Bible Sex and Orchid Piety
- 84. Knowing God
- 85. The Suzerain's New Clothes
- 86. Sacramental Gum-balls
- 87. Symphony of Silence
- 88. The Will to Meaning
- 89. Who is Religious?
- 90. Uplifted
- 91. The Strength of Faith
- 92. Of Rags and Riches
- 93. Talk is Not Cheap
- 94. Saving Jesus
- 95. Godlessness
- 96. One with God
- 97. A Lofty Goal
- 98. Summa Biblica
- 99. Power of Weakness
- 100. The Morality of Fruit
- 101. The Faithful Antichrist
- 102. Our Lady of Narcissus
- 103. Murder of Innocence
- 104. The Word Wrangler
- 105. Morality of the Beast
- 106. For Art's Sake
- 107. Of War and Roses
- 108. Tender Horizons
- 109. Feast of the Broken Cup
- 110. Distraction
- 111. Holy Hobgoblins
- 112. The Tao of Debt
- 113. In the Heart of Salvation
- 114. Storm
- 115. What's Your Ism?
- 116. Holy Communion
- 117. Burden of Beauty
- 118. The Baker
- 119. Sacred Pieces
- 120. Perfected
- 121. A Roar and a Whisper
- 122. Blasphemy
- 123. The Sleeping Vampire