Benjamin Whichcote Quotes

Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God.

To posit the existence of a Creator requires only reason. To posit the existence of a good God requires faith.

Rationalism... is a secularized form of the belief in the power of the word of God.

One can be sophisticated and believe in God. Reason and intellect are not to be laid aside where matters of religion are concerned.

I think, if you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.

I can't prove it scientifically, that there's a God, but I believe.

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe - you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.

If you can define what God is, I can tell you whether I believe in it.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

Faith is not contrary to reason.

I probably believe in God in a non-denominational way.

Let me say that I consider myself a deep believer in the reality of God. I might define God quite differently from the way some people in the Christian faith would do so, but I do not doubt the reality of that experience.

I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That sort of thing. And it is very hard to talk about it these days, because it cannot be proven. It is hard to discuss it rationally.

I definitely believe in God.

I believe in God.

I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists.

Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would lose his reason, in attempting to account for the great phenomena of nature, had he not a Supreme Being to refer to; and well has it been said, that if there had been no God, mankind would have been obliged to imagine one.

Divine Nature cannot be apprehended by human reason.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason and intellect has intended us to forego their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.

Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but--more frequently than not --struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

The truth is that Christian theology, like every other theology, is not only opposed to the scientific spirit; it is also opposed to all other attempts at rational thinking.

My feeling, of course, is that it's ludicrous to try to prove God's existence by science. God has nothing to do with science. God has all to do with soul, and who can explain that?

What is God, and how do you believe in him - how do you not believe? It's a question the world continues to tussle with. People's beliefs get them in a lot of conflicts.

I don't think I have any particular problem with God.