Quotes About Logic

How can a reason which hates God be called sound?

God is represented as infinite, eternal, incomprehensible; he is contained under every predicate in non that the logic of ignorance could fabricate.

The hypothesis of God offers no worthwhile explanation for anything, for it simply postulates what we are trying to explain.

God's existence is either true or not. But calling it a scientific question implies that the tools of science can provide the answer.

Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.

God, or what have you, will not be found at the far end of a syllogism, no matter how brilliantly phrased or conceived.

If God wanted us to act on instinct, we wouldn't have the power of reason.

God exists, though He defies reason.

I am not questioning God's power! It is God who gave us reason and circumspection! It is God we serve by exercising prudence!

God has put enough into the world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing. But He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason or observation alone.

Saying that you are moral because you believe in a god is like saying you are an economist because you play monopoly.

If thou really believe in one God, irrationality is subset of thou logic.

Science is theology for an atheist

It is reasonable to reason with God because when you only rely on human reasoning, you will be diverted from your purpose.

To understand the mysteries of God we must move past the logic of men.

I'm not a religious person; I would call myself an atheist. I don't have a good story behind it, I'm just reasonable.

Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

Good sense and good nature are never separated; and good nature is the product of right reason.

However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough.

Although I felt I was quite good at criticising a philosophical position, I was not very good at defending and making a case for a philosophical position.

I think I would have been a reasonably good lawyer. I have a faculty for making sense of mountains of information.

Public reason arguments can be good or bad just like other arguments.