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# George Tyrrell

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George Tyrrell was an Anglo-Irish Catholic priest and a controversial theologian and scholar. A convert from Anglicanism, Tyrrell joined the Jesuit order in 1880 and was ordained as a priest in 1891. He was a prolific writer whose efforts to adapt and reinterpret Catholic teachings in light of moder

##  Quotes by George Tyrrell

> [What men deny is not God, but some preposterous idol of the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tyrrell/what-men-deny-is-not-god-but-some-preposterous-idol-of-the-imagination/)

[George Tyrrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tyrrell/)

[Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/)

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> [ We do not need to prove religion to \[people\], but to show them that they are religious. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tyrrell/we-do-not-need-to-prove-religion-to-people-but-to-show-them-that-they/)

[George Tyrrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tyrrell/)

[Needs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/)

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> [The reductio ad absurdum is God's favorite argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-tyrrell/the-reductio-ad-absurdum-is-god-s-favorite-argument/)

[George Tyrrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-tyrrell/)

[Absurdity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/)

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