Christians rejected the need for proof to support belief in God, yet dismissed proof altogether when it was there.
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When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
LUC DE CLAPIERS When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected
VAUVENARGUES MARQUIS DE The claim to know that no god exists is just irrational. The non-existence of any god has no evidenc...
LEWIS N. ROE When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it is a proof that it should be rejected.
LUC DE CLAPIER DE VAUVANARGUES Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But her...
MICHAEL SPECTER It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
PETER DE VRIES A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good...
JEAN CHRETIEN Do you need proof of God? Does one light a torch to see the sun?
JAPANESE PROVERB If you need proof of God to believe, then you will never have the faith you need to believe.
FATHOM It's shock-proof, splash-proof and also dust-proof - which makes it suitable for outdoor use.
CEO KHAIRUN MOKHTAR I' ve been shot five times but im still breathing living proof there a god if you need a reason.
TUPAC SHAKUR Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D. ELTON TRUEBLOOD Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
ELTON TRUEBLOOD Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations.
ELTON TRUEBLOOD Believing would be easier if God would show himself by depositing a million dollars in a Swiss bank ...
WOODY ALLEN God is an hypothesis, and, as such, stands in need of proof: the onus probandi rests on the theist.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY This week's data is proof that the hawks in the Monetary Policy Committee are wrong, giving gilts su...
STUART THOMSON I need no further proof that God does not exist than the death of a child.
CARL WHITE Though Christians be not kept altogether from falling, yet they are kept from falling altogether.
WILLIAM SECKER We were going to find that elections were manipulated wildly and regularly. Yet there was never any ...
DOUG LEWIS We live in an age of technology and science that demands proof, and yet we desire mystery. But when ...
MOTHER ANGELICA When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all.
MARILYNNE ROBINSON You don't always need proof to know something.
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY For those who want to believe, no proof is ever required. For those who refuse to believe, no proof ...
SHERRILYN KENYON That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The world is proof that God is a committee
BOB STOKES Of those 12 cases, there was a response to only one, and that response was to close it for lack of p...
GILBERTO MADAIL Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.
ARTHUR SCHNITZLER Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.
ARTHUR SCHNITZLER Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief
ARTHUR SCHNITZLER Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.
ARTHUR SCHNITZLER There are all these legends about this guy but when you look for proof, there is none,
MASSIMO POLIDORO Every single time a child dies I have my proof that there is no God.
CARL WHITE No one has proof that I know of, that a higher power exists, yet a major portion of the world believ...
SANDRA BULLOCK Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
chosen not to accept it. They hav...
LEWIS N. ROE Faith in God means believing absolutely in something with no proof whatsoever. Faith in humanity mea...
JOSS WHEDON For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest C...
CRISS JAMI It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
PETER DE VRIES Originally, the burden of proof was on physicists to prove that time travel was possible. Now the bu...
MICHIO KAKU Truth Does Not Need Proof, Only Lies Do.
THEHEALTHFOODGURU I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one,...
CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS Faith is not about logic, or proof, or solid evidence. It's about being able to believe in something...
DOUG SHOEMAKER (DEC. 27 The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue...
DONALD KNUTH There will be no proof that I ever was a writer
FRANZ KAFKA If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE...
KURT VONNEGUT JR. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE...
KURT VONNEGUT Beer is proof God Loves us and wants us to be happy.
ANONYMOUS A lie is my attempt to tamper with the truth so that I need not face the truth. Yet as shrewd as I t...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?
PAUL BLOOM Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an ea...
JOE ABERCROMBIE For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
ANON. For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
STUART CHASE There is no bullet-proof vest in my size.
ARIEL SHARON Faith is knowing in your heart that something is going to happen when there is absolutely no proof t...
JOHN DI LEMME In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get b...
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely beca...
GIORDANO BRUNO My activism does not need proof to be real. It exists in the work of my bones against weight in the ...
AMANDLA STENBERG ...and when is enough proof enough?
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER This man's life became a nightmare. He is a man with no prior criminal history, yet a man locked up ...
WILLIAM MASSEY Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
WILLIAM COWPER Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
MICHAEL CRICHTON The atheist might have
no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ...
LEWIS N. ROE We need no elaborate statistical proof that trade depends on prosperity in the industrial countries.
ARTHUR LEWIS I believe you need scientific proof that something works before you entrust your health to it.
BRITT EKLAND There is a lot of proof [supporting the U.S. case against Iraq] -- the proof of failure to allow ins...
DAVID KAY The number of proof-of-concept viruses is increasing but that's not to say there has been an increas...
DAVID WOOD Stress is the proof you are attempting something that God didn’t order you.
VIKRANT PARSAI Spring is proof that there is beauty in new beginnings.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO True love doesn't need proof.
The eyes told what heart felt.
TOBA BETA For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
STUART CHASE Talent is a gift from God, but you only succeed with hard work. Yvan was proof of that.
JEAN BELIVEAU Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elabo...
ISAAC MAYER WISE For better or worse we're in an age of disbelief," Rico said, "An age of science and a need for proo...
BRYAN ISLIP I think we're knocking on the door of a veto-proof margin in the Senate.
SEAN TIPTON I do not believe that John Roberts has met the burden of proof necessary to be confirmed by the Sena...
EDWARD KENNEDY Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Well, did he do it?"
She always asked the irrelevant question. It didn't matter in terms ...
MICHAEL CONNELLY There is no proof we're at fault.
JOE LONG Indeed, the human mind appeared to suffer from a crippling need to fabricate in the absence of concr...
J.R. WARD The legal obligation is fulfilled when they e-mail it to you. But they do not have to have proof tha...
GAIL HILLEBRAND No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof wa...
MARKUS ZUSAK It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
SENECA In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.
ISAAC NEWTON And I'm no expert on the word I can't qoute you chapter and verse But I've heard you love the worst ...
BOBBY PINSON That is the definition of faith -- acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we can...
DAN BROWN Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his t...
MAIMONIDES If they really had proof of the allegations, they would be in the indictment.
BARRY LEVIN Where is the evidence? Where is the proof? We are not going to do this.
ABDUL SALAM ZAEEF This is proof that
Indonesia is a good place to invest in and
speaking frankly it means ...
ABURIZAL BAKRIE It's tricky to say when something like this could jump from proof of concept to being out in the wil...
DAVID EMM It just shows, the Yankees, their payroll and all their All-Stars, they're not bullet proof. Between...
JONNY GOMES When you look at the FEMA map, there's undeniable proof that the plant's waste holding facilities we...
BECKY GILLETTE We have proof of who did it. We can't find anyone to take the onus [of the case]
Who do we go to?
ARIF ALIKHAN She wanted proof why a Mac would be better than
the Dell I already had,
BALL STATE This is the first experimental proof that under some reasonable operating conditions these cantileve...
ARVIND RAMAN We are extremely pleased to be reporting such excellent improvements and results across all financia...
ANDRE GODIN My political foes could not give any sufficient proof of the accusations and have tried to hide the ...
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