“Minds fettered by this doctrine no longer inquire concerning a proposition whether it is attested by sufficient evidence, but whether it accords with Scripture; they do not search for facts as such, but for facts that will bear out their doctrine. It is easy to see that this mental habit blunts not only the perception of truth, but the sense of truthfulness, and that the man whose faith drives him into fallacies treads close upon the precipice of falsehood.” MenMindFactsEasyAtheismHe ManBearsHabitPerceptionEvidenceScriptureDoctrineSufficientFalsehoodPropositionsAccordTruthfulnessFallacyPrecipice Book:The Essays of George Eliot: Top Novelist Focus Source: The Essays of George Eliot: Top Novelist Focus
“The idea of infidelity [a disbelief in the inspiration of the Scriptures or the divine origin of Christianity] cannot be treated with too much resentment or too much horror. The man who can think of it with patience is a traitor in his heart and ought to be execrated [denounced] as one who adds the deepest hypocrisy to the blackest treason.” ThinkingMenHeartIdeasInspirationChristianityToo MuchDivineHe ManOughtHorrorAddScriptureTreatedHypocrisyResentmentInfidelityDisbeliefTraitorTreason Author:John Adams
“The man who, despite the teaching of Scripture, tries to pray without a Savior, insults the deity.” MenTryingTeachingHe ManPrayingScriptureDespiteInsultSaviorDeities Author:Charles Spurgeon