“For modern cosmology God cannot be a working hypothesis because God is not given to us in the observable nature of things. The poetic and theological idea that the universe is an expression of God's creative power is false. And… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“Atheists are in a difficult position. A lot of modern religion is progressive, ethical and socially responsible--not about "supernaturalism" or a tyrannical ancient God.… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“Rightly understood the New Year festival is an act of faith. It is easier for the year to change than to change ourselves. But… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“For modern cosmology God cannot be a working hypothesis because God is not given to us in the observable nature of things. The poetic… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“Christmas is frighteningly magical and mysterious. No wonder people feel lonely in the midst of their families, and unloved in the act of receiving… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“The reason I could never be an atheist is because when they get together they have literally nothing to talk about.” — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“The standard cosmological theory--an expanding universe--does not really solve the problem of God. It simply makes it more problematical. Once the creator-creation model is… — r. joseph hoffmann Copy Share Image
“The fact is, the great intellectuals of the western religious tradition from Augustine to Aquinas and Peter Abelard became philosophically dominant. The intellectual tradition… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“The division in human religion has always been between those who see the fall of man as a fall into freedom and those who… — R. Joseph Hoffmann Copy Share Image
