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Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

More from Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

  1. The preaching in the churches does not make the lightning rods on them unnecessary.
  2. There are people that can believe everything they want. These are happy creatures.
  3. The late M. who had a Catholic maid, once told me entirely bona fide: This person is a Catholic, it is true, but she is an honest, good sou…
  4. There can hardly be stranger wares in the world than books: printed by people who do not understand them; sold by people who do not underst…
  5. The intercourse with reasonable people is advisable to everybody because, in this way, a blockhead can become wise by imitation, for the gr…
  6. There is a great difference between still believing something and again believing it.
  7. The highest point a poor brain can reach from experience is the ability to find out the weaknesses of superior people.
  8. Those who never have time do least.

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  • theology
  • scripture
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