What if one of the core elements of a radical Christianity lay in a demand that we betray it, while the ultimate act of affirming God required the forsaking of God? And what if fidelity to the Judeo-Christian scriptures demanded their renunciation? In short, what if the only way of finding faith involved betraying it with a kiss?
Peter, Rollins (2006). “How (Not) to Speak of God: Marks of the Emerging Church”, p.96, Paraclete Press