--- title: "4 John Warwick Montgomery Quotes - Famous Lawyer" description: "Lawyer, Professor of Philosophy, theologian and author (1931–2024)... | John Warwick Montgomery was an American-born lawyer, academic, Lutheran theologi..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-warwick-montgomery-70630.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Warwick Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-john-warwick-montgomery-70630.jpg) # John Warwick Montgomery (1931–2024) Lawyer **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Warwick Montgomery was a lawyer. ## Quick Facts About John Warwick Montgomery Born October 18, 1931 Died September 25, 2024 Profession Lawyer ## About John Warwick Montgomery Lawyer, Professor of Philosophy, theologian and author (1931–2024)... \| John Warwick Montgomery was an American-born lawyer, academic, Lutheran theologian, and author. From 2014 to 2017, he was Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Wisconsin. He was Professor-At-Large, 1517: The Legacy Project. He was named Avocat honoraire, Barreau de ## Quotes by John Warwick Montgomery > [The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-warwick-montgomery/the-difficulty-with-pragmatic-arguments-for-a-religion-is-that-truths/) [John Warwick Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-warwick-montgomery/) [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_argument_the-difficulty-with-pragmatic-arguments_270559.jpg) > [ In 56 A.D. \[the apostle\] Paul wrote that over 500 people had seen the risen Jesus and that most of them were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-warwick-montgomery/in-56-a-d-the-apostle-paul-wrote-that-over-500-people-had-seen-the/) [John Warwick Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-warwick-montgomery/) [Alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alive/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_alive_in-56-a-d-the-apostle-paul-wrote-that-ov_1972998.jpg) > [“One of the biggest difficulties in our contemporary society is that we try to locate the evil in somebody else and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-warwick-montgomery/one-of-the-biggest-difficulties-in-our-contemporary-society-is-that/) [John Warwick Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-warwick-montgomery/) [Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_evil_one-of-the-biggest-difficulties-in-our-c_2178787.jpg) > [“To be skeptical of the resultant text of the New Testament books is to allow all of classical antiquity to slip into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-warwick-montgomery/to-be-skeptical-of-the-resultant-text-of-the-new-testament-books-is/) [John Warwick Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-warwick-montgomery/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_ancient_to-be-skeptical-of-the-resultant-text-of_2420895.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-warwick-montgomery/#itemlist", "name": "John Warwick Montgomery Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always \"work\", and beliefs that \"work\" are by no means always true.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Warwick Montgomery" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-warwick-montgomery/the-difficulty-with-pragmatic-arguments-for-a-religion-is-that-truths/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_argument_the-difficulty-with-pragmatic-arguments_270559.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_argument_the-difficulty-with-pragmatic-arguments_270559.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/john-warwick-montgomery-70630_argument_the-difficulty-with-pragmatic-arguments_270559.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always \"work\", and beliefs that…” — John Warwick Montgomery", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In 56 A.D. 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