“Theology is like assuming that there is a black cat in a dark room where in fact there is no black cat, and endeavoring to study the cat's properties and how it may have evolved from its ancestors.”

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This can be taken to mean that some systems of thought spend great effort explaining something that may not be there at all. The image is sharp and skeptical, pointing to the risk of building elaborate arguments on a false premise. It lands in a conversation about belief, philosophy, or any debate where the first question is not how to explain a thing, but whether it exists.

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Originally said in English.

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