Science and Religion

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, in Science and Religion

No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.

Lyman Beecher, in Law and Politics and Science and Religion

In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence.

P. L. Berger, in Science and Religion

If you love God, burn the church.

Jello Biafra, in Science and Religion

If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?

Art Hoppe, in Science and Religion

Strong words are required for weak principles.

Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.

Elbert Hubbard, in Science and Religion and Vice and Virtue

Modern man is the missing link between apes and human beings.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts!

Unknown, in Science and Religion

The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from two is comparative study. Theft from three or more is research.

Unknown, in Science and Religion and Work and Recreation

There are no errors in this book, except this one.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, volume, humidity, and other variables, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

When they broke open molecules, they found they were filled with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found they were filled with explosions.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.

Friedrich Hegel, in Science and Religion

History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion -- i.e., none to speak of.

Robert A. Heinlein, in Science and Religion

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Robert A. Heinlein, in Science and Religion

Wonder, rather than doubt, is the root of knowledge.

Abraham Heschel, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance