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    The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authority; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion

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The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

by Jeremy Taylor Found in: Theology Quotes,
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Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever read more

Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of all men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken.

by George Macdonald Found in: Theology Quotes,
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Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

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

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Theology Quotes,
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What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that read more

What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?

by Richard Dawkins Found in: Theology Quotes,
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Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.

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Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the read more

Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism

by Michael Scott Horton Found in: Theology Quotes,
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the read more

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

by John Burroughs Found in: Theology Quotes,
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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 read more

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.

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Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no heed to the many whisperings read more

Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no heed to the many whisperings of the world

by Thomas Kempis Found in: Theology Quotes,
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