Thomas Burnet quotes

'Tis a dangerous thing to engage the authority of scripture in disputes about the natural world, in opposition to reason; lest time, which brings all things to light, should discover that to be evidently false which we had made scripture to assert ... We are not to suppose that any truth concerning the natural world can be an enemy to religion; for truth cannot be an enemy to truth, God is not divided against himself. (Thomas Burnet)

Thomas Burnet

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Occupation: English Theologian
Born: 1635
Died: September 27, 1715
Quotes count: 1
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