# Quote — Robert S. McElvaine, Grand Theft Jesus

> Jesus’ strong declaration against divorce notwithstanding, marriages in the United States break up at a greater rate (more than 50 percent) than they do in secular Europe (around 40 percent). Divorce rates within the United States are higher in the so-called “red states,” which usually vote Republican and have a higher percentage of Lites in their populations, than they are in the “blue states,” where Xians generally comprise a smaller percentage of the population.

- Author: [Robert S. McElvaine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-mcelvaine.md)
- Book: [Grand Theft Jesus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/grand-theft-jesus.md)
- Page: 101
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_S._McElvaine#Grand_Theft_Jesus:_The_Hijacking_of_Religion_in_America_(2008)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/grand-theft-jesus/jesus-strong-declaration

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> They are so certain that they know God’s mind because they equate their own minds with that of God.

p. 75 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/grand-theft-jesus/they-are-so-certain.md)

> That is the essence of ChristianityLite. Its standard for what to take literally from a putatively inerrant Bible boils down to this: Anything that doesn’t seem too difficult is to be taken literally. The rest of it? Give me a break! All that stuff about turning the other cheek and loving our enemies and being nonviolent and helping the poor—some damned liberal subversive must have sort of, like, infiltrated that stuff into the Bible, you know?

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> The most important function in the Bush presidency was the spreading of fear.

p. 154 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/grand-theft-jesus/the-most-important.md)