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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.

— Talcott Parsons

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✓Similar Perspectives

No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

— Norman Lamm

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

— Imre Lakatos

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

— Lillian Smith

The existence of a single atheist does not disprove the existence of God.

— William F. DeVault

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

— Thomas Aquinas

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

— John McCarthy

When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith.

— Junius

Men who hold a theory of the Church which excludes from communion those whom they admit to have the Spirit of Christ simply proclaim that their theory is in flat contradiction to the spiritual fact.

— Roland Allen

No one is served or benefitted by believing in false or faulty ideas.

— Brendan Myers

✗Opposing Perspectives

If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.

— Miguel de Unamuno