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I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and theological critiques would nudge me closer to some kind of absolute that I could hold up as a torch to light my way.


Jack Dee


#bible #cling #closer #commentaries #contented

But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go.


Amy Grant


#any #asked #deal #deep #expecting

I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room.


Asa Gray


#granted #hear #i #nor #pulpit

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.


Auguste Comte


#department #each #knowledge #metaphysical #passes

I am not a great theologian. I know there is a theological concept called invincible ignorance in which a strong enough faith binds you to any facts to the contrary.


Barney Frank


#any #binds #called #concept #contrary

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world, but as theological and literary enterprises requiring independent intellectual assessment.


Jon Meacham


#assessment #associated #derive #enterprises #extremists

Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender.


Jon Meacham


#based #children #deny #denying #gender

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.


Jeff Miller


#corruption #country #court #devoid #establish

All theological lore is becoming distasteful to me.


Wilfred Owen


#distasteful #lore #me #theological

At present, too much theological thinking is very human-centered.


John Polkinghorne


#present #theological #thinking #too #too much






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