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> [Steven Hawking is a brilliant physicist and when it comes to theology I can say he's a brilliant physicist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-consolmagno/steven-hawking-is-a-brilliant-physicist-and-when-it-comes-to-theology/)

[Guy Consolmagno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-consolmagno/)

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> [“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-confine-our-attention-to-terrestrial-matters-would-be-to-limit-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We have to start at ground zero and ask what it means to have a real connection with God and what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/we-have-to-start-at-ground-zero-and-ask-what-it-means-to-have-a-real/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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