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I am no theologian. I am a layman. I am among those who are preached to, and who listen. It is not for me to… — Haniel Long
I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. — James Lovelock
As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing. — Johann Most
The Christian leaders of the future have to be theologians, persons who know the heart of God and are trained - through prayer, study, and… — Henri Nouwen
People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very… — John Polkinghorne
Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in… — John Polkinghorne
The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. — George Santayana
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct… — Voltaire
until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can understand, I’m going… — C.S. Lewis
The yearning to know what cannot be known, to comprehend the incomprehensible, to touch and taste the unapproachable, arises from the image of God in… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is… — Edward Gibbon
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can… — Desiderius Erasmus
The theologian who labors without joy is not a theologian at all. Sulky faces, morose thoughts and boring ways of speaking are intolerable in this… — Karl Barth
I am no theologian. I would not be surprised, however, if Heaven proved to be a cozy kitchen, where delicious treats appeared in the oven… — Dean Koontz
Theologians in all the great faiths have devised all kinds of myths to show that this type of kenosis, of self-emptying, is found in the… — Karen Armstrong
But let there be no misunderstanding: it is not that a real man, the object of knowledge, philosophical reflection or technological intervention, has been substituted… — Michel Foucault
You want to protect your child from pain, and what you get instead is life, and grace; and though theologians insist that grace is freely… — Anne Lamott
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist and that there is 'nothing' out there; in making these assertions,… — Karen Armstrong
Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have a sound historical… — Karen Armstrong
With a truly tragic delusion,” Carl Jung noted, “these theologians fail to see that it is not a matter of proving the existence of the… — Carl Jung
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen film,… — Brennan Manning
Creation is thus God's presence in creatures. The Greek Orthodox theologian Philip Sherrard has written that "Creation is nothing less than the manifestation of God's… — Wendell Berry
The English experience suggested that nobody really doubted the existence of God until theologians tried to prove it. — Alister E. McGrath
Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage… — Marilynne Robinson

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