#reason

I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#inferno #italian-medieval-poetry #lustful #passion #reason

We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man. ↗

— Sam Harris

#reason #religion #science #skeptic #faith

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined ↗

— Molière

#reason #faith

When reason has followed its road to the end, the point of crisis is reached and man is brought to the great question mark over his own existence. ↗

— Rudolf Karl Bultmann

#existentialism #faith #reason #faith

Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes . . . The doctrine of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible. If the theory of relativity had also been necessary for salvation, it would have been revealed to Saint Paul or to Moses. ↗

— Georges Lemaitre

#reason #relatively #science #science-and-faith #faith

The top 10% of the people who are most creative, constructive and thoughtful, do not have much to do with churches. To them the canons of reason come first, making faith secondary and questionable. ↗

— Joseph Fletcher

#faith #reason #spirituality #faith

I loved my father, but I was not like him. I never needed to believe the best of people. I took them as they were: two-faced, desperate, kind - perhaps all at once. But to Pa, they were all children of god, poor troubled sheep, who only needed love and an even break. He needed the world to back up what his religion told him about people. And when it came down to a choice between reason and faith, he let go of reason. ↗

— Marcel Theroux

#reason #religion #faith

Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est,'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is. ↗

— Donna Woolfolk Cross

#god #knowledge #latin #reason #st-augustine

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#reason #faith

Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#destiny #everything-happens-for-a-reason #faith #meant-to-be #new-beginnings