32: It is a sad irony that the church insists on conformity and subjugates the individual conscience when its major historical figures—Paul, Luther, Laestadius—were all strong-willed individuals who rebelled against the status quo.
pp. 138-44
45: The Bible sits somewhat uneasily on a pedestal, revered as the “Word of God” yet not a book whose words can really be depended on for instruction, obedience being expected to whatever “faith” and “God’s Children” say that it says.
71: The church offers no actual reasons, biblical or otherwise, for many of the rules, relying on vague appeals to what “a believer would not want to do” and the authoritarianism of instructing obedience to whatever “God’s Kingdom” has said.
84: With little scriptural support and considerable private dissent by individuals, the church firmly rejects contraception in every form and family situation, resulting in an ample supply of new members but also a great deal of mental and physical suffering on the part of parents, especially mothers.