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Theology Quotes - Page 3

Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.

Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.322, Library of Alexandria

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Kenneth Lee Pike (1972). “Selected writings: To commemorate the 60th birthday of Kenneth Lee Pike”

One man's pornography is another man's theology.

FaceBook post by Clive Barker from Apr 21, 2013

Prayer turns theology into experience.

Timothy Keller (2014). “Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God”, p.54, Penguin

Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.

"Quote of the Week: William James on Theology". "Why Evolution is True" blog by Jerry Coyne, whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com. June 04, 2012.

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.53

Steven Hawking is a brilliant physicist and when it comes to theology I can say he's a brilliant physicist.

"Pope's astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him" by Alok Jha, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2010.

When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.

"On Bush, the Dems, Jon Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Bill Moyers, and King (not Don)" by John Cusack, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2005.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2730, Delphi Classics

Theology is to religion what poisons are to food.

"Teaching the Bible as Literature in Public High School (Part 9)" by Frank Breslin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2014.