“ The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is God to us, as I am God to the cells that compose me. ”
- Charles Fort- Copy
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“ When Bill Bennett, the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus and theologian Michael Novak go to the synagogue, it's not to read the Torah. They're going there to make a speech. ”
- Suzanne Fields- Copy
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“ We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman. ”
- Daniel J. Boorstin- Copy
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“ Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense. ”
- Georg C. Lichtenberg- Copy
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“ The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still. ”
- A. W. Tozer- Copy
- 174
“ Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things. ”
- Denis Diderot- Copy
- 329
“ It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide. ”
- Desiderius Erasmus- Copy
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“ If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe. ”
- Lord Salisbury- Copy
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“ For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ”
- Henry Louis Mencken- Copy
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“ To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell. ”
- Marquis de Sade- Copy
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“ Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. ”
- Robert Anson Heinlein- Copy
- 364
“ For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
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“ In making up the character of God, the old theologians failed to mention that He is of infinite cheerfulness. The omission has caused the world much tribulation. ”
- Michael Monahan- Copy
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“ As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose. ”
- Bhagavad Gita- Copy
- 177
“ Perhaps we have become interested in the soul once again — it has been seriously discussed by theologians, philosophers, and poets for centuries — because we know there is more to life than what the sciences can grasp. We may like the word "soul" precisely because it is beyond definition and keeps the mystery element in life intact. ”
- Thomas Moore- Copy
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“ I think that the Vatican is in a deep crisis of faith which they should be praying for. They don't trust theologians, they don't trust women, they don't trust gays and they don't trust nature. The rest of us who do and who are looking for answers should just get on with the work. ”
- Matthew- Copy
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“ So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for profundity very similar to the reputation for sanctity possessed by theologians. ”
- Georg C. Lichtenberg- Copy
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