Been Quote by H. L. Mencken

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

— H. L. Mencken

To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.

— David Brooks

God is therefore unknowable. This is the fundamental premise of the Bible.

— Leo Strauss

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.

— Lionel Blue

For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it…

— Tertullian

“We cannot begin to define God's knowledge. We know, simply and profoundly, that nothing is hidden from Him or incomprehensible to Him.”

— Elizabeth George

“If something happens that is highly unusual, and no explanation is readily available, isn’t “I don’t know” the only appropriate response? How can we…

— Guy P. Harrison

What is not worth understanding is not knowing.

— Anonymous

Once a thing is known,it can't be UNknown.

— Chris Crutcher

“We will never know anything exactly as God knows it. Instead, we know things as he has revealed them to us, accommodating his knowledge…

— Michael S. Horton

“The Unknown is not the Unknowable; it need not remain the unknown for us, unless we choose ignorance or persist in our first limitations.…

— Sri Aurobindo

I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you…

— Barney Frank