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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
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
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
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
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
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
God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language. — Meister Eckhart
Lovers move like lightning and wind. No contest. Theologians mumble, rumble-dumble, necessity and free will, while lover and beloved pull themselves into each other. — Rumi
Theology is not a private subject for theologians only. Nor is it a private subject for professors. Fortunately, there have always been pastors who have… — Karl Barth
Agape is something of the understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill for all men. It is a love that seeks nothing in return. It is an overflowing… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When two men of science disagree, they do not invoke the secular arm; they wait for further evidence to decide the issue, because, as men… — Bertrand Russell

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