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Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and read more
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.
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.
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you read more
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds read more
Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe.
