Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about …

Robert Green Ingersoll
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Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.322, Library of Alexandria
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Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.322, Library of Alexandria

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