1,043 Quotes About Theology

Science, unlike theology, never leads to insanity.

It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only to find a big bear hug coming his way.

The wrong approaches to faith and to skepticism are equally detrimental to the path. For the former declares its answers too soon and is later found false; the latter rejects sound answers altogether and hashes itself useless.

Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.

In reality, religion is not a system of following doctrines at all. If anything, it is about not following any doctrine and finding out things for yourself.

When someone assumes a two thousand year old book to be perfection, there is no reasoning with such a person.

A person has flaws but Jesus has none, quite like the images of models on billboards - you know why, because both images are doctored to sell a product - in case of the models, it's some cosmetic or some apparel, and in case of Jesus, it's religion.

When popes and pundits sell faith in the name of divine supremacy, rigidity overrules common sense, and reason is hailed as blasphemy.

Divinity for Sale (The Sonnet)When a book becomes religion,And doctrines become divinity,Holiness remains speculation,Society loses sight of humanity.When institutions claim authority,And sleeping masses comply,Religion disappears altogether,What remains is potential gone awry.When popes and pundits sell faith,In the name of divine supremacy,Rigidity overrules common sense,And reason is hailed as blasphemy.But there is a cure for all this atrocity.It is called individual curiosity.