Theist Quotes

27 quotes by 24 authors

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. — Samuel Butler
The theist can only find meaning by leaving this life for a transcendental world beyond the grave. The human world as he finds it is… — Paul Kurtz
Some theists, observing that all 'effects' need a cause, assert that God is a cause but not an effect. But no one has ever observed… — Dan Barker
Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight.… — Charles Darwin
The theist must present an intelligible description of god. Until he does so, god makes no more sense than unie; both are cognitively empty, and… — George H. Smith
When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. — Walter Lippmann
Atheistâ€™s denial of Godâ€™s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theistâ€™s claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting Godâ€™s existence. — Paul Copan
A scientist is a man who changes his beliefs according to reality; a theist is a man who changes reality to match his beliefs. — Volker Braun
Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality. — Phillip E. Johnson
Refer me to one atheist who denies the existence of God.... Etymologically, as well as philosophically, an atheist is one without God. That is all… — George William Foote
I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a… — A.J. Ayer
The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances. — Joseph McCabe
If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist â€” he… — Chapman Cohen
I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mohammedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family, and would accept of truth by whomsoever… — Frances Wright
If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man. — Michael Palin
That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith… — Swami Vivekananda
Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved. — Michael Newdow
The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow… — Sri Aurobindo
The theist is persuaded that while nothing that contradicts science is likely to be true, still nothing that stops with science can be the whole… — Gordon Allport
Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist's is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral… — Criss Jami

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