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Jacques Ellul Quotes: Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.
         

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.


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Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.

Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.



Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.



Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.

Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement.



The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief



No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.



When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we find indeterminate or purely mystical vocation.

When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we find indeterminate or purely mystical vocation.



The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.

The fact of knowing how to read is nothing, the whole point is knowing what to read.



Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.

Christians should be troublemakers, creators of uncertainty, agents of a dimension incompatible with society.



Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.

Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.



The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.

The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.





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People are my most important asset. Faith in the supreme being, trust, credibility and performance are the things that have brought me to the top.

People are my most important asset. Faith in the supreme being, trust, credibility and performance are the things that have brought me to the top.



Politics and religious leaders [are hindered] by their egotism.

Politics and religious leaders [are hindered] by their egotism.



The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.



Normally death scenes are good, if you have a significant death scene and it means something it's like the audience has an attachment to you being killed that's a good thing.

Normally death scenes are good, if you have a significant death scene and it means something it's like the audience has an attachment to you being killed that's a good thing.



Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.

Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.



For me science is not different from art, except in the one small, crucial detail that experiments speak their own truths, not ours.

For me science is not different from art, except in the one small, crucial detail that experiments speak their own truths, not ours.



Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.

Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.



The grackles sing avant the spring Most spiss oh! Yes, most spissantly. They sing right puissantly.

The grackles sing avant the spring Most spiss oh! Yes, most spissantly. They sing right puissantly.




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