Quotes from Anthony B. Pinn

Once I could no longer find a way to theologically maintain God and hold onto the significance of my historical moment, letting go of God was natural.

What my religion understood as faith required a happy face in front of tragedy, a commitment to joy despite the circumstances. Faith is the answer before the question is asked.

Perhaps ministers at our best were more like community organizers—providing space and questions that helped people discover themselves and their capacity to effect change?

Losing that demanding God didn't mean I lost my moral compass and my ethics. It simply meant my ethics and morality came from human sources as opposed to coming from a phantom figure and its magical book.

Theism produces sloppy ways of thinking because it doesn't necessarily respect reason but instead favors fiction.