Alister E. McGrath Quote

Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation but as a question.[A caution he gives his students, to be wary of dogmatism.]

Fanatics are like debris following the course of the wind, they are swept around like sand, and convinced to believe in what they do not understand.

Though he never actually joined it, he was close to some civilian elements of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which was the most Communist (and in the rather orthodox sense) of t...

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.

The very fact of having fixed conclusions to strive for in orthodox belief does not render the Christian philosopher dogmatic but rather intellectually fruitful, willing to take and follow reason furt...

Experience God, don't raise a wall of dogmas between you and Him.

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

Truth is independent of all dogmas, ancient or modern.

Ist eine Lehre zur Satzung erstarrt, hat sie geendet.