Speculative Quote by George Eliot

“We may not play with the new theology even if we may think we can turn it to our advantage.”

— Francis Schaeffer

“Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us unwilling to criticize ideas that are increasingly maladaptive and patently ridiculous.”

— Sam Harris

“Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.”

— Brother Andrew

“In fact, all of your theological concepts may only serve to cool the fire of love in the will.”

— Teresa of Ávila

“. . . be suspicious of any [theological] position that fulfills all our heart's desires.”

— William E. Hordern

“…just as determined belief yields no ground to the most irresistible powers and strategies, so too determined unbelief.”

— Harry Lang

“The less support an idea has,the more fervently it must be believed in, so that a totally preposterous idea requires unflinching faith.”

— Soren Kierkegaard

“Pessimism is a denial of the reality of God and the power man draws from being connected to it.”

— Arianna Huffington

“When religion demands you refrain from doing something otherwise benign, that's just a provocation to do it more.”

— David Silverman

“There is no hiding the fact that in some ways I am dissatisfied with God.”

— Ian Cross

“be wary of preaching that is so rigid and unforgiving of human nature.”

— Devin Murphy

“Ardent believers hide within the safety of their absolutes, for much more courage is needed to abandon their cozy security for the questioning of…

— Galen Watson