# Quote — Robert S. McElvaine, Grand Theft Jesus

> Those who promote this “no faith at all” do not follow Jesus; they lead him around in directions they want to go, using him as an advertisement for their political, social, and cultural agendas, which generally run counter to his. The “Christian” Right has reduced Jesus to the ultimate celebrity endorsement.

- 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: 51
- 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/those-who-promote

## More from this book

> 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?

p. 102 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/grand-theft-jesus/that-is-the.md)

> 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)