--- title: "19 Theistic Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 19 Theistic quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Theistic sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/william-a-dembski-10968_design_design-theorists-are-no-friends-of-theis_2243617.png" --- > [Design theorists are no friends of theistic evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-dembski/design-theorists-are-no-friends-of-theistic-evolution/) [William A. Dembski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-dembski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/william-a-dembski-10968_design_design-theorists-are-no-friends-of-theis_2243617.png) > [The absence of theistic belief...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-absence-of-theistic-belief/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/joseph-mccabe-26676_absence_the-absence-of-theistic-belief-2021436_2021436.png) > [Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-marsden/nonbelievers-may-hear-all-the-notes-of-science-but-without-a-theistic/) [George Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-marsden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/george-marsden-107430_may_nonbelievers-may-hear-all-the-notes-of-s_1443150.png) > [Prayer cannot be a request made to a theistic deity to act in human history in a particular way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/prayer-cannot-be-a-request-made-to-a-theistic-deity-to-act-in-human/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/john-shelby-spong-1488_atheism_prayer-cannot-be-a-request-made-to-a-the_3168385.png) > [“The absence of theistic belief... { Defining the word 'atheism' }”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-absence-of-theistic-belief-defining-the-word-atheism/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/joseph-mccabe-26676_atheism_the-absence-of-theistic-belief-defining_1717944.png) > [“In a theistic universe, there can be nothing worse than being truly abandoned by God himself. The worst of hell's torments is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson-2/in-a-theistic-universe-there-can-be-nothing-worse-than-being-truly/) [D.A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/d-a-carson-2-12097_hell_in-a-theistic-universe-there-can-be-noth_2686248.jpg) > [There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/there-is-superficial-conflict-but-deep-concord-between-science-and/) [Alvin Plantinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-plantinga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/alvin-plantinga-34486_conflict_there-is-superficial-conflict-but-deep-c_741937.png) > [It is characteristic of theistic "tolerance" that no one really cares what the people believe in, just so they believe or pretend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/it-is-characteristic-of-theistic-tolerance-that-no-one-really-cares/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d0/emma-goldman-774_atheism_it-is-characteristic-of-theistic-toleran_1731212.png) > [“I sometimes wonder, however, whether in the case of modern atheism and theistic tradition what is at issue is the difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bentley-hart/i-sometimes-wonder-however-whether-in-the-case-of-modern-atheism-and/) [David Bentley Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bentley-hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/david-bentley-hart-4691_atheism_i-sometimes-wonder-however-whether-in-th_2408677.png) > [How to raise this dead level of theistic belief is really a matter of life and death for all denominations. Therefore their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/how-to-raise-this-dead-level-of-theistic-belief-is-really-a-matter-of/) [Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/emma-goldman-774_atheism_how-to-raise-this-dead-level-of-theistic_1210655.png) > [Physicists use 'God' as a metaphor more often than other scientists-- especially in popular writing, but in the technical literature as well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taner-edis/physicists-use-god-as-a-metaphor-more-often-than-other-scientists/) [Taner Edis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taner-edis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75b/taner-edis-39828_aesthetic_physicists-use-god-as-a-metaphor-more-of_784345.png) > [“In that context, I find theistic evolution, or BioLogos, to be by far the most scientifically consistent and spiritually satisfying of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-s-collins/in-that-context-i-find-theistic-evolution-or-biologos-to-be-by-far/) [Francis S. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-s-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/francis-s-collins-30626_biology_in-that-context-i-find-theistic-evolutio_599968.jpg) > [Theism, as a way of conceiving God, has become demonstrably inadequate, and the God of theism not only is dying but is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/theism-as-a-way-of-conceiving-god-has-become-demonstrably-inadequate/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/john-shelby-spong-1488_alive_theism-as-a-way-of-conceiving-god-has-be_1988682.png) > [However, in brief, I think the connecting of 'God' and 'Being' is one of these things for which there seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/however-in-brief-i-think-the-connecting-of-god-and-being-is-one-of/) [George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/george-pattison-17005_believer_however-in-brief-i-think-the-connecting_2056062.jpg) > [“Artists operating within the theistic worldview have a solid basis for their work. Nothing is more freeing than for them to realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-sire/artists-operating-within-the-theistic-worldview-have-a-solid-basis/) [James W. Sire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-sire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/james-w-sire-29962_art_artists-operating-within-the-theistic-wo_2745030.jpg) > [The theistic philosopher has a tendency to devalue insufficient worldviews, ideologies, and quite often common sense for the greater good, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/criss-jami/the-theistic-philosopher-has-a-tendency-to-devalue-insufficient/) [Criss Jami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/criss-jami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/criss-jami-320_bad-guy_the-theistic-philosopher-has-a-tendency_1219079.jpg) > [It cannot be doubted that theistic belief is a comfort and a solace to those who hold it, and that the loss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kingdon-clifford/it-cannot-be-doubted-that-theistic-belief-is-a-comfort-and-a-solace/) [William Kingdon Clifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kingdon-clifford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/william-kingdon-clifford-17148_atheism_it-cannot-be-doubted-that-theistic-belie_2976787.jpg) > [“I am not offering God as a theory to compete with scientific theories about the universe. Rather I am saying that those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-lane-craig/i-am-not-offering-god-as-a-theory-to-compete-with-scientific-theories/) [William Lane Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-lane-craig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66d/william-lane-craig-8716_science_i-am-not-offering-god-as-a-theory-to-com_2423050.jpg) > [To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/to-most-theistic-believers-human-life-can-have-no-meaning-in-a/) [Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a3/victor-j-stenger-16236_atheism_to-most-theistic-believers-human-life-ca_222115.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theistic/#itemlist", "name": "Theistic Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Design theorists are no friends of theistic evolution.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William A. 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This position will not go out of style or be disproven by future scientific discoveries. It is intellectually rigorous, it provides answers to many otherwise puzzling questions, and it allows science and faith to fortify each other like two unshakable pillars, holding up a building called Truth.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Francis S. 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It cannot be doubted, at least, by many of us in this generation, who either profess it now, or received it in our childhood and have parted from it since with such searching trouble as only cradle-faiths can cause. 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