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Theology Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- By profession a biologist, [Thomas Henry Huxley] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences. Absolutely…
- The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a…
- The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other…
- There is no possibility whatsoever of reconciling science and theology, at least in Christendom. Either Jesus arose from the dead or He didn't. If he…
- It was morality that burned the books of the ancient sages, and morality that halted the free inquiry of the Golden Age and substituted for…
- Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
- The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that…
- For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
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