“An error in the doctrine of God will have inevitable consequences in the sphere of action, of moral behaviour, of the polity of the Church, and of basic culture and social organization. A change in the doctrine of the Trinity in either of these directions cannot help but have political consequences.Farrell, commenting on Nazianzen's connection between Trinity and Holy Monarchy”
“...carved marble figures in strata that "suggests the characters were made by intelligent humans from the distant past,"a section of gold thread found in strata between 320 and 360 million years old,a report in a nineteenth-century edition of Scientific American recording the discovery of a metallic vase in strata 600 million years old,a chalk ball in France in strata 45-55 million years old,a machined coin with undecipherable writing at least 200,000 years old, discovered in Illinois,a clay figurine discovered in Idaho that is atleast two million years old.The list of suppressed and conveniently forgotten discoveries goes on and on,”
“I don't know if it is my confidence or my techniques.I think it is a little of both.”
“Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes . . . The doctrine of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible. If the theory of relativity had also been necessary for salvation, it would have been revealed to Saint Paul or to Moses.”
“So no, I’m not too big on religion...and not very fond of politics or economics either...And why should I be? They are the man-created trinity of terrors that ravages the earth and deceives those I care about. What mental turmoil and anxiety does any human face that is not related to one of those three?”
“I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred.”
“San Jose is made up of the finest citizens of any city in the entire United States- peace loving, quiet, cultured people. ... God-fearing, law-observing, good citizens have been watching these murders increasing and have watched crime increase in this country and from the time this splendid young fellow [Brooke Hart] was murdered this vigilance committee had in mind carrying out what in their minds was real justice...”