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Theology Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils;…
- My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to…
- The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic,…
- All definite knowledge - so I should contend - belongs to science; all dogma as to what surpasses definite knowledge belongs to theology. But between…
- The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in…
More Theology Quotes
- The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment… — Irving Babbitt
- The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Julian Huxley
- Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever the right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can… — Ludwig Feuerbach