Theologians Quotes
118 quotes by 97 authors
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In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.
— Karl Barth
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Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.
— Mortimer Adler
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Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency - without…
— Eric Alterman
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The statement that 'God is dead' comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord…
— Karl Barth
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Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed to prove that God cannot…
— Carl Sagan
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In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability of the New School theologians,…
— Augustus Hopkins Strong
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth so thin that…
— E. O. Wilson
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Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows…
— John Updike
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For myself, I like a universe that, includes much that is unknown and, at the same time, much that is knowable. A universe in which…
— Carl Sagan
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If God seems to be in no hurry to make the problem of evil go away, maybe we shouldn't be, either. Maybe our compulsion to…
— Robert Farrar Capon
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I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters.
— Oscar Wilde
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Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this…
— Louis Agassiz
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I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters…
— Daniel Dennett
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Imitation is very easy, and the whole culture and society depends on imitation. Everybody is telling you how to behave, and whatsoever they are teaching…
— Rajneesh
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I'm sorry to see that again we are turning to the courts for decisions that concern ethics. I think theologians and ethicists would better guide…
— Unknown Author
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Through scientific experiment they'd demonstrated that there may be such a thing as a life force flowing through the universe - what has variously been…
— Lynne McTaggart
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For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the…
— Robert Jastrow
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We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.
— Josemaria Escriva
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All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that he is very…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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