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> [“An Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charleston-parker/an-ego-mind-is-a-destructive-mind-and-a-rational-mind-is-a-peaceful/)

[Charleston Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charleston-parker/)

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> [Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/obsolete-misleading-theologies-bear-the-same-relation-to-the-essence/)

[Luther Burbank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-burbank/)

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> [“A covenant differs from a contract almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-hahn/a-covenant-differs-from-a-contract-almost-as-much-as-marriage-differs/)

[Scott Hahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-hahn/)

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> [To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/to-theology-only-what-it-holds-sacred-is-true-whereas-to-philosophy/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

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> [I fear theology is--in the words attributed to William Temple--"still in its infancy" when it comes to animals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-linzey/i-fear-theology-is-in-the-words-attributed-to-william-temple-still-in/)

[Andrew Linzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-linzey/)

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> [I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/i-like-to-say-that-i-m-tracing-the-intersection-between-big-ideas-and/)

[Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/)

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> [The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hans-kung/the-epistle-to-the-romans-is-an-extremely-important-synthesis-of-the/)

[Hans Kung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hans-kung/)

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> [“To reject theology is to reject the knowledge of God. This is not an option for the Christian.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/to-reject-theology-is-to-reject-the-knowledge-of-god-this-is-not-an/)

[R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/)

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> [The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/the-hell-to-be-endured-hereafter-of-which-theology-tells-is-no-worse-2/)

[William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/)

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> [“Theology alone doesn't convine anyone. Only those words which are pregnant with action, theology that is born of suffering, of struggles, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mev-puleo/theology-alone-doesn-t-convine-anyone-only-those-words-which-are/)

[Mev Puleo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mev-puleo/)

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> [This whole Christian theology thing is that god came down to experience life through his son. Well, how's he experiencing life if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tori-amos/this-whole-christian-theology-thing-is-that-god-came-down-to/)

[Tori Amos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tori-amos/)

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> [“I am not aligned in my thinking with Calvinism, neither am I aligned in my thinking with Arminianism. I have proposed a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/i-am-not-aligned-in-my-thinking-with-calvinism-neither-am-i-aligned/)

[R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/)

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> [“Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-david-tripp/your-theology-won-t-always-work-toward-your-obedience-because-your/)

[Paul David Tripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-david-tripp/)

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> [“I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/i-recall-hearing-one-of-my-professors-in-seminary-say-that-one-of-the/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [Like the Bible-a document that often contradicts itself and from which one can construct sharply different arguments-theology is the product of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-meacham/like-the-bible-a-document-that-often-contradicts-itself-and-from/)

[Jon Meacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-meacham/)

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> [“If you want to find out if someone is truly holy, don't ask them whether they believe in god, ask them instead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/if-you-want-to-find-out-if-someone-is-truly-holy-don-t-ask-them/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/al-ghazali-is-the-most-important-philosophical-theologian-of/)

[Peter Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-adamson/)

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> [The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-object-is-evident-in-the-name-of-the-discipline-similarly/)

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

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> [“Those who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/those-who-don-t-feel-this-love-pulling-them-like-a-river-those-who/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [One can't found a novel theology on Nothing, and nothing is so secure a foundation as a contradiction. Look at the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wolfe/one-can-t-found-a-novel-theology-on-nothing-and-nothing-is-so-secure/)

[Gene Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wolfe/)

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> [Rationally considered, nothing can be more absurd than the baptism of infants under any circumstances. No statement, no matter by whom it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rationally-considered-nothing-can-be-more-absurd-than-the-baptism-of/)

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

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> [“I have considered the impudent accusations of Mr Dawkins with exasperation at his lack of serious scholarship. He has apparently not read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-have-considered-the-impudent-accusations-of-mr-dawkins-with/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [What I see now is that even with the Islamists, who have been portraying themselves as the alternative to corruption and dictatorship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tariq-ramadan/what-i-see-now-is-that-even-with-the-islamists-who-have-been/)

[Tariq Ramadan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tariq-ramadan/)

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> [It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sinclair-b-ferguson/it-is-god-who-gives-us-the-spirit-of-worship-psalm-133-3-and-it-is/)

[Sinclair B. Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sinclair-b-ferguson/)

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> [Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/bad-theology-will-eventually-hurt-people-and-dishonor-god-in/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [“If you walk in the Spirit, know your Bible, and spend sufficient time alone with God, your theology will take care of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-t-kendall-2/if-you-walk-in-the-spirit-know-your-bible-and-spend-sufficient-time/)

[R.T. Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-t-kendall-2/)

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> [The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/the-religion-of-tomorrow-will-be-less-concerned-with-the-dogmas-of/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

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> [Cultural predilections are not to be confused with theological absolutes. The former are preferences - the latter are immutable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-vader/cultural-predilections-are-not-to-be-confused-with-theological/)

[Randy Vader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-vader/)

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> [“Metagapism is the belief that love is the ultimate reality, literally god and the one shared soul, and the source, nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-k-brown/metagapism-is-the-belief-that-love-is-the-ultimate-reality-literally/)

[John K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-k-brown/)

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> [“If thinking wants to think God, then it must endeavor to tell stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eberhard-j-ngel/if-thinking-wants-to-think-god-then-it-must-endeavor-to-tell-stories/)

[Eberhard Jüngel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eberhard-j-ngel/)

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> [Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/like-all-great-rationalists-you-believed-in-things-that-were-twice-as/)

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

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> [Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taslima-nasrin/governmental-defense-of-any-theology-necessarily-weakens-the/)

[Taslima Nasrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taslima-nasrin/)

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> [The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-study-of-theology-as-it-stands-in-the-christian-churches-is-the-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [“If we are to be biblical, then, the issue is not whether we should have a doctrine of predestination or not, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/if-we-are-to-be-biblical-then-the-issue-is-not-whether-we-should-have/)

[R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/)

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> [This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/this-is-the-reason-why-our-theology-is-certain-because-it-seizes-us/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mapplethorpe/i-don-t-believe-in-dogmas-and-theologies-i-just-believe-in-being-a/)

[Robert Mapplethorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mapplethorpe/)

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> [Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of skepticism about skepticism itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/everywhere-except-in-theology-there-has-been-a-vigorous-growth-of/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [ A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution \[the University of Virginia\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/a-professorship-of-theology-should-have-no-place-in-our-institution/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [“theology is not the study of ideas about God; it is the study of the living God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/theology-is-not-the-study-of-ideas-about-god-it-is-the-study-of-the/)

[Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/)

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> [“Theology is speaking about God while in the very presence of God. We are intimately engaged with the subject of our study.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-f-bird/theology-is-speaking-about-god-while-in-the-very-presence-of-god-we/)

[Michael F. Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-f-bird/)

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                        "text": "This whole Christian theology thing is that god came down to experience life through his son. Well, how's he experiencing life if he doesn't get laid? Give me a break. And why would he not get laid, as he created the apparatus in the first place?",
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                        "text": "The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology is not the church's teaching or the experience of pious souls. It is not a subset of ethics, religious studies, cultural anthropology, or psychology. God is the object of this discipline.",
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                        "text": "One can't found a novel theology on Nothing, and nothing is so secure a foundation as a contradiction. Look at the great successes of the past--they say their deities are the masters of all the universes, and yet that they require grandmothers to defend them, as if they were children frightened by poultry. Or that the authority that punishes no one while there exists a chance for reformation will punish everyone when there is no possibility anyone will become the better for it.",
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                        "text": "Rationally considered, nothing can be more absurd than the baptism of infants under any circumstances. No statement, no matter by whom it may be said to have been uttered, can make that true which is radically false. If an innocent child, unconscious of good or evil, irresponsible to God and man, incapable of thought or action, is not already, in accordance with Christian theology, a member of Christ, then no vicarious promise or priestly ablution can make him one. For if this were so, a similar ceremony under devil worship could make him a member of Satan.",
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                        "text": "“I have considered the impudent accusations of Mr Dawkins with exasperation at his lack of serious scholarship. He has apparently not read the detailed discourses of Count Roderigo of Seville on the exquisite and exotic leathers of the Emperor's boots, nor does he give a moment's consideration to Bellini's masterwork, On the Luminescence of the Emperor's Feathered Hat. We have entire schools dedicated to writing learned treatises on the beauty of the Emperor's raiment, and every major newspaper runs a section dedicated to imperial fashion ... Dawkins arrogantly ignores all these deep philosophical ponderings to crudely accuse the Emperor of nudity ... Until Dawkins has trained in the shops of Paris and Milan, until he has learned to tell the difference between a ruffled flounce and a puffy pantaloon, we should all pretend he has not spoken out against the Emperor's taste. His training in biology may give him the ability to recognize dangling genitalia when he sees it, but it has not taught him the proper appreciation of Imaginary Fabrics.”",
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                        "text": "The religion of tomorrow will be less concerned with the dogmas of theology and more concerned with the social welfare of humanity.",
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