Pat Buckley

A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic.

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

No man is infallible.

There is no one true church.

I believe that all men and women will be saved.

All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth.

I believe that sex is good and so is the body.

The only sexual act that is sinful is the one that uses or abuses.

I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists.

I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.

Religion can be both good and bad – it is spirituality that counts.

I believe that dogma is often evil.

I believe in people, especially suffering people.

I believe that the whole human race is the family of God.

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

I believe in the freedom of God’s sons and daughters.

I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God.

I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.

I believe in the power of weakness.

I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words.

I believe that I am only at a beginning, only knocking at a door, and I believe that the best is yet to come.

I hold that religion and faith are two different things.