Quotes about Exclusivity

There is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms. 2 Samuel 7:22

The root meaning of the Old Testament word for holiness is the idea of being separate—different and separated from the ordinary. And when applied to God, this separateness implies that he is in a class by himself. He is like a one-of-a-kind diamond, supremely valuable. We can use the word transcendent for this kind of divine separateness. He is so uniquely separate that he transcends all other reality. He is above it and more valuable than all of it.

Every religion at its core is exclusive.

It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right.

When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

Monasticism was represented as an individual achievement which the mass of the laity could not be expected to emulate. By thus limiting the application of the commandments of Jesus to a restricted group of specialists.

You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.

I think "tolerance" is being seen for what it is, a low-grade post-Enlightenment version of "love." It is often remarked that those who hail the word "tolerance" regularly become intolerant of all other views, just as those who champion "inclusivity" regularly become increasingly exclusive toward worldviews other than their own.

Truth cannot be sacrificed at the alter of a pretended tolerance. All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true.

so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

I cannot understand the almost exclusive emphasis on racial integration, when in fact we are getting more and more segregated into tight little cliques on age grounds.