No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.
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Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
A belief may be larger than a fact.
Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.
Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.
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.
Facts are stubborn things.
Belief creates the actual fact.
Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.
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