--- title: "8 Belief Divine Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Belief Divine quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Belief Divine sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/corliss-lamont-24504_atheism_god-once-imagined-to-be-an-omnipresent-f_93650.png" --- > [God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corliss-lamont/god-once-imagined-to-be-an-omnipresent-force-throughout-the-whole/) [Corliss Lamont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corliss-lamont/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/corliss-lamont-24504_atheism_god-once-imagined-to-be-an-omnipresent-f_93650.png) > [Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/belief-in-a-divine-mission-is-one-of-the-many-forms-of-certainty-that/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/bertrand-russell-69_belief_belief-in-a-divine-mission-is-one-of-the_193834.jpg) > [“But in practice the lack of belief in divine presence is just as likely to lead to humans avoiding responsibility: if there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/but-in-practice-the-lack-of-belief-in-divine-presence-is-just-as/) [Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/mark-steyn-1844_belief_but-in-practice-the-lack-of-belief-in-di_273039.jpg) > [“Some skeptics assert that there is no other vital energy in the world but physical force, while contrary to their assertions, thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-torrey-2/some-skeptics-assert-that-there-is-no-other-vital-energy-in-the-world/) [R.A. Torrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-torrey-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/r-a-torrey-2-39238_holy-ghost_some-skeptics-assert-that-there-is-no-ot_692863.jpg) > [“There have been times I would have given anything for such faith, for the belief that divine justice exists somewhere in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-iles/there-have-been-times-i-would-have-given-anything-for-such-faith-for/) [Greg Iles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-iles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/greg-iles-4609_divine-justice_there-have-been-times-i-would-have-given_1965801.png) > [It is so human a book that I don't see how belief in its divine authority can survive the reading of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/it-is-so-human-a-book-that-i-don-t-see-how-belief-in-its-divine/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/william-james-228_authority_it-is-so-human-a-book-that-i-don-t-see-h_2476923.png) > [“The practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miroslav-volf/the-practice-of-non-violence-requires-a-belief-in-divine-vengeance/) [Miroslav Volf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miroslav-volf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/miroslav-volf-11496_christian_the-practice-of-non-violence-requires-a_2778128.png) > [The belief in a Divine education, open to each man and to all men, takes up into itself all that is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-campbell-shairp/the-belief-in-a-divine-education-open-to-each-man-and-to-all-men/) [John Campbell Shairp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-campbell-shairp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/john-campbell-shairp-34694_belief_the-belief-in-a-divine-education-open-to_2849502.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief-divine/#itemlist", "name": "Belief Divine Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God, once imagined to be an omnipresent force throughout the whole world of nature and man. has been increasingly tending to seem omniabsent. 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All you have to do is manage to defer them till after you're dead--which is the European electorates' approach to their unaffordable social programs. The meek's prospects of inheriting the earth are considerably diminished in a post-Christian society: chances are they'll just get steamrollered by more motivated types.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Steyn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/but-in-practice-the-lack-of-belief-in-divine-presence-is-just-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/mark-steyn-1844_belief_but-in-practice-the-lack-of-belief-in-di_273039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/mark-steyn-1844_belief_but-in-practice-the-lack-of-belief-in-di_273039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/mark-steyn-1844_belief_but-in-practice-the-lack-of-belief-in-di_273039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But in practice the lack of belief in divine presence is just as likely to lead to humans avoiding…” — Mark Steyn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some skeptics assert that there is no other vital energy in the world but physical force, while contrary to their assertions, thousands and tens of thousands who can not possibly be deceived have been quickened into spiritual life by a power neither physical or mental. Men who were dead in sins - drunkards who lost their will, blasphemers who lost their purity, libertines sunk in beastliness, infidels who published their shame to the world, have in numberless instances become the subjects of the Spirit's power and are now walking in the true nobility of Christian manhood, separated by an infinite distance from their former life. Let others reject, if they will, at their own peril, this imperishable truth. I believe, and am growing more into this belief, that divine, miraculous creative power resides in the Holy Ghost. Above and beyond all natural law, yet in harmony with it, creation, providence, the Divine government, and the upbuilding of the Church of God are presided over by the Spirit of God.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "R.A. 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