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At Vatican Council II, one dissenting Roman Catholic theologian declared: "Yes, the Bible says "Be fruitful and multiply," but that was when the population was… — Israel Shenker
In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution. — Arthur Peacocke
Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story. — John Polkinghorne
Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a… — John Polkinghorne
There isn't a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs… — Susan Powter
The world's philosophers and theologians searched for answers to the same mysteries. — Robert Vaughn
Probably there was a beginning-it is a metaphysical question, worthy a theologian-species have begun and ended-but the analogy is faint and distant. — Charles Lyell
Whatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite library; and eternity… — Dervla Murphy
The problem for Rome, then, is how and when the intervention should be done with a sense of the possibility of going too far in… — Godfried Danneels
Take note, theologians, that in your desire to make matters of faith out of propositions relating to the fixity of sun and earth you run… — Galileo Galilei
Justification by grace through faith' is the theologian's learned phrase for what Chesterton once called 'the furious love of G-d.' He is not moody or… — Brennan Manning
Scientists and theologians can’t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible, and scientists quote… — Frank Schaeffer
Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense once you realize that theologians were not discussing… — Stephen Jay Gould
Farsighted theologians are now working to mine the eternal metal from the teachings of Jesus and to forge it for all time. — Max Planck
The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is… — Charles Fort
Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee,… — H. L. Mencken
Even theologians, even the great theologians of the thirteenth century, even Saint Thomas Aquinas himself did not trust to faith alone, or assume the existence… — Henry Adams
It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent.… — Criss Jami
No one sane would let a first-century dentist fill their children's teeth. Why then do we allow first-century theologians to fill our children's minds? — Michael Dowd
Theologians and philosophers, who make God the creator of Nature and the architect of the Universe, reveal Him to us as an illogical and unbalanced… — Anatole France
You cannot be a conscious Christian without St. Paul. He translated the teachings of Christ into a doctrinal structure that, even with the additions of… — Pope Francis
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things. — Denis Diderot
It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. — Desiderius Erasmus
Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves… — Robert A. Heinlein
It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. — Robert Green Ingersoll

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