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

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.

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

Worm theology is too high for me

Worm theology is too high for me

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

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

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.

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

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

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