Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are "shaggy dog" stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it. - W. H. Auden

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W. H. Auden: "Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are "shaggy dog" stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it."

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Dogmatic	Hard	Logical	Miss
Neither	Poetic	Point	Propositions
Shaggy	Statements	Stories	Theological
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