Arthur Peacocke Quotes

Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.

The best thing about science is that hard, empirical answers are always there if you look hard enough. The best thing about religion is that the very absence of that certainty is what requires - and gives rise to - deep feelings of faith.

Theologian — the only kind of scholar who has no knowledge whatsoever of his supposed object of study.

An important function of theology is to keep religion tied to reason and reason to religion. Both roles are of essential importance for humanity.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

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.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree.

In the forefront of science, there is not much difference between religion and science. People harbor beliefs. That's what happens when people believe something religiously.

Theology is unnecessary.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

I'm a scientist, not a theologian. I don't know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty.

As an undergraduate, I took a theology course titled Religion as Writing. If writing can be considered a form of faith, then inevitably doubt has to accompany it.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple!

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.

I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.

When I was in college, I majored in comparative religion because I really wanted to figure out if there was God and how I should live my life.

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.

So much about religion has to do with rigid, sacrosanct preciousness. I don't live my life that way, and I don't feel that's what Baha'u'llah teaches.

If you replace the word God in the Bible with the word Truth, it reads exactly right.