“Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light. To account for anything by supernatural agencies is, in fact to say that we do not know. Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.” IfsKnowsFactsLightWaitingAccountsTheologyAgency Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Theology is a non-subject. I'm not saying that professors of theology are non-professors. They do interesting things, like study biblical history, biblical literature. But theology, the study of gods, the study of what gods do, presupposes that gods exist. The only kind of theology that I take account of are those theological arguments that actually argue for the existence of God.” KindLiteratureInterestingExistenceStudySubjectsArgumentAccountsArguingTheologyProfessorsBiblicalInteresting ThingsTheologicalGod ExistsExistence Of God Author:Richard Dawkins
“Catholic theology accounts for the fact that there's evil in the world. People say, well, how could God let this happen. Well, what God did was set the mechanism in motion and then allow people to do the best they can under the circumstances that they're dealt in order to gain grace and get into heaven.” PeopleWorldWellsFactsHappensOrderEvilHeavenGraceCircumstancesGainsAccountsCatholicTheologyMechanismDo The Best Author:Roger Ebert
“Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the age of the universe and the evolutionary character of cosmic history.” CharacterAgeUniverseCreationAccountsTheologyDoctrineCosmicConstructs Author:John Polkinghorne
“The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and mechanical science, are a continual source of tranquil pleasure, and in spite of the gloomy dogmas of priests and of superstition, the study of these things is the true theology; it teaches man to know and admire the Creator, for the principles of science are in the creation, and are unchangeable and of divine origin.” KnowsMenLittlesPhilosophyAgeScienceNaturalPleasurePrinciplesKnowledgeTeachStudyCreationDivineSourceAccountsMathematicsMiseryMereCreatorTheologyAdmireOld AgeMiserableMathematicalSpitePriestsSuperstitionsDogmaGloomyTranquilUnchangeableNatural Philosophy Book:The age of reason Source: The age of reason
“Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error.” PhilosophyScienceIgnoranceAccountsErrorsTheologyIgnorantDisagreement Author:Mortimer Adler
“[There is] one distinctly human thing - the story. There can be as good science about a turnip as about a man. ... [Or philosophy, or theology] ...There can be, without any question at all, as good higher mathematics about a turnip as about a man. But I do not think, though I speak in a manner somewhat tentative, that there could be as good a novel written about a turnip as a man.” ThinkingMenHumansPhilosophyStoriesScienceSpeakNovelWrittenHigherAccountsMathematicsTheologyTurnipsGood Science Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton