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... answer , and it seems desirable to state briefly at the outset what issues are involved in answering it . Obviously , the state- ment of these issues must not be so framed as to create prejudice for or against any particular an- swer ...
... answer , and it seems desirable to state briefly at the outset what issues are involved in answering it . Obviously , the state- ment of these issues must not be so framed as to create prejudice for or against any particular an- swer ...
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... answer . It is obvious , then , in the first place , that the inquiry before us is one as to whether or not reli- gion has any reasonable ground , any basis , in truth ; and if so , what that ground or basis is . Religion , in order to ...
... answer . It is obvious , then , in the first place , that the inquiry before us is one as to whether or not reli- gion has any reasonable ground , any basis , in truth ; and if so , what that ground or basis is . Religion , in order to ...
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... answers given to them must determine whether religion and Christianity ought to be received or rejected . There can ... answered . It is only through their investigation that we 6 Theism .
... answers given to them must determine whether religion and Christianity ought to be received or rejected . There can ... answered . It is only through their investigation that we 6 Theism .
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Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. answered . It is only through their investigation that we can establish a right to entertain any re- ligious belief , to cherish any religious feeling , to perform any religious act . And ...
Being the Baird Lecture for 1876 Robert Flint. answered . It is only through their investigation that we can establish a right to entertain any re- ligious belief , to cherish any religious feeling , to perform any religious act . And ...
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... answer to it . the phenomena of the world have been classified , the connections between them traced , their laws ascertained , science may , probably enough , have accomplished all that it undertakes - all that it can perform ; but is ...
... answer to it . the phenomena of the world have been classified , the connections between them traced , their laws ascertained , science may , probably enough , have accomplished all that it undertakes - all that it can perform ; but is ...
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