(100 quotes found)
“I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.”
Albert Einstein
“God is sacred. Religion is profane.”
Rain Bojangles
“One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“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.”
“Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor.”
Martin Luther
“What has 'theology' ever said that is of the smallest use to anybody? When has 'theology' ever said anything that is demonstrably true and is not obvious? What makes you think that 'theology' is a subject at all?”
Richard Dawkins
“The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.”
Mikhail Bakunin
“A professorship of Theology should have no place in our institution (the University of Virginia)”
Thomas Jefferson
“The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself”
Karl Barth
“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”
Thomas Paine