Quote

If the evolutionary mechanism of natural selection depends on death, destruction, and violence of the strong against the weak, then these things are perfectly natural. On what basis, then, does the atheist judge the natural world to be horribly wrong, unfair, and unjust?

Timothy Keller

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Timothy Keller
Strong
Judge
Selection
Death
Destruction
Unjust
Doe
Judging
Unfair
Things
Weak
Mechanism
World
Depends
Perfectly
Violence
Atheist
Wrong
Basis
Horribly
Natural
Bases
Evolutionary

More quotes by Timothy Keller

Image
While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a doubt-troubled place.
Timothy Keller
Image
It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
Timothy Keller
Image
The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
Timothy Keller
Image
When we try and use fear or pride to stop from sinning, we are forgetting that we sin because of either fear or pride.
Timothy Keller
Image
We deserve to be forgotten because we forget Him. But because Jesus died on the cross, we will never, ever be forgotten by God.
Timothy Keller
Image
We must go back again and again to the Gospel of Christ crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what He did and who we are in Him.
Timothy Keller
Image
Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.
Timothy Keller
Image
To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life.
Timothy Keller
Image
Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.
Timothy Keller
Image
Sin is not just breaking the rules, it is putting yourself in the place of God as Savior, Lord, and Judge… There are two ways to be your own Savior and Lord. One is by breaking all the moral laws and setting your own course, and one is by keeping all the moral laws and being very, very good.
Timothy Keller
Image
If God is not at the center of your life, something else is.
Timothy Keller
Image
To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
Timothy Keller
Image
Faith is not opposed to reason, but it is sometimes opposed to feelings and appearances.
Timothy Keller
Image
If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King.
Timothy Keller
Image
To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.
Timothy Keller
Image
God's reckless grace is our greatest hope.
Timothy Keller
Image
On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.
Timothy Keller
Image
Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.
Timothy Keller
Image
Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.
Timothy Keller
Image
The irreligious don't repent at all and the religious only repent of sins. But Christians repent of their wrongfully placed righteousness.
Timothy Keller