The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on read more

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

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion of truth

What a theologian feels as true, must be false: one has therein almost a criterion of truth

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.

Worm theology is too high for me

Worm theology is too high for me

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

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.

Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.

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

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

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

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.