I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use and by some other means to give us knowledge which we can attain by them.Who said it: Galileo Galilei (b. 1564, d. 1642)
Where he said it: Letter to the grand duchess Christina (1615)
Why it's a great quote: It's an argument for science from a believer. Some people think that you can't be a believer and be a scientist (there are both theists and atheists who think this). They are wrong and there are many scientists who are theists - indeed, there are scientists of every religion. Galileo's quote shows one aspect of why you can be both: God (if such exists) endowed us (if a deity does such things) with reason. Surely, we should use that reason or why do we have it?
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