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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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Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

by Henry Ward Beecher 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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Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Theology Quotes,
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For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Theology Quotes,
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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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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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One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

by Robert A. Heinlein 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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