“Science may be weird and incomprehensible--more weird and less comprehensible than any theology--but science works. It gets results. It can fly you to Saturn, slingshotting you around Venus and Jupiter on the way. We may not understand quantum theory (heaven knows, I don't), but a theory that predicts the real world to ten decimal places cannot in any straightforward sense be wrong.” KnowsWorldWayMayRealHeavenResultsTheoryTenTheologyWorking ItReal WorldQuantumStraightforwardVenusJupiterQuantum TheorySaturnDecimals Author:Richard Dawkins
“So when Jesus directs us to pray, “Thy kingdom come,” he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence. Rather, we pray for it to take over at all points in the personal, social, and political order where it is now excluded: “On earth as it is in heaven.” With this prayer we are invoking it, as in faith we are acting it, into the real world of our daily existence” WorldShouldMeanDoeRealEarthPoliticalOrderJesusHeavenSocialPrayerActingExistencePrayingKingdomsReal WorldExcludedKingdom Come Author:Dallas Willard
“Jesus, it is true, shows no personal interest in gain, but he does speak of treasure in heaven and even of mansions as an inducement to follow him. Is it not further true that all religions down the ages have shown a keen interest in the amassment of material goods in the real world?” WorldDoeRealShowsAgeJesusSpeakHeavenInterestMaterialsGainsTreasureGoodsReal WorldMansionsPersonal InterestTreasures In Heaven Book:God is Not Great Source: God is Not Great
“In this real world of sweat and dirt, it seems to me that when a view of things is 'noble,' that ought to count as presumption against its truth, and as a philosophic disqualification. The prince of darkness may be a gentleman, as we are told he is, but whatever the God of earth and heaven is, he can surely be no gentleman.” WorldMayRealSeemsEarthHeavenViewsDarknessOughtNobleGentlemanReal WorldSweatDirtPresumptionPhilosophicDisqualification Book:Pragmatism: Human Understanding Source: Pragmatism: Human Understanding