Theology Quotes

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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. — Irving Babbitt
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we… — Mikhail Bakunin
In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. — Karl Barth
The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself. — Karl Barth
Theology is a science of mind applied to God. — Henry Ward Beecher
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go. — John Burroughs
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. — John Calvin
My theology is such that the God who loves Israel and will not forsake Israel - which is why I want to see Israel have… — Tony Campolo
I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday… — Jimmy Carter
Theology is only thought applied to religion. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly destiny. It will… — Julian Huxley
Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and… — Ludwig Feuerbach
If we move in the direction of biblial absolutism how can we escape turning the New Testament into a Christian Torah and the gospel into… — Robert D. Brinsmead
In every system of theology, therefore, there is a chapter De libero arbitrio. This is a question which every theologian finds in his path, and… — Charles Hodge
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state. — Ambrose Bierce
I think that if anything can be proved by natural theology, it is that slavery is morally wrong. God gave man a mouth to receive… — Abraham Lincoln
Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of Nature, and therefore this holds for the action… — Albert Einstein
I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither… — Albert Einstein
The idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I am unable to take seriously. — Albert Einstein
I see a pattern, but my imagination cannot picture the maker of that pattern. I see a clock, but I cannot envision the clockmaker. The… — Albert Einstein

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