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... faith , declarations of the religious conclusions to which their scientific researches have led them , is great , perhaps , beyond example in any age . They are manifesting unmistakably the most serious inter- est in the inquiry 14 Theism .
... faith , declarations of the religious conclusions to which their scientific researches have led them , is great , perhaps , beyond example in any age . They are manifesting unmistakably the most serious inter- est in the inquiry 14 Theism .
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... faith that God will never be disgraced by His works , is not ready to accept all that is truly discovered about these works , in order to understand thereby God's character . The greatest issues , then , are involved in the in ...
... faith that God will never be disgraced by His works , is not ready to accept all that is truly discovered about these works , in order to understand thereby God's character . The greatest issues , then , are involved in the in ...
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... ever seem to all men but himself to require more faith , more credulity , than the beliefs of all the legends of the Talmud.1 1 See Appendix V. LECTURE II . GENERAL IDEA OF RELIGION COMPARISON OF POLY- Credulity and Incredulity . 29.
... ever seem to all men but himself to require more faith , more credulity , than the beliefs of all the legends of the Talmud.1 1 See Appendix V. LECTURE II . GENERAL IDEA OF RELIGION COMPARISON OF POLY- Credulity and Incredulity . 29.
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... faith of Strauss ? No. And for two reasons . First , so far as there is any religion in these systems there is no advance on theism in them but the reverse . Comte strives to represent hu- manity , and Strauss to represent the universe ...
... faith of Strauss ? No. And for two reasons . First , so far as there is any religion in these systems there is no advance on theism in them but the reverse . Comte strives to represent hu- manity , and Strauss to represent the universe ...
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... faith which they preach . But the proofs for the existence of God coincide with the grounds for the belief in God ; they are simply the real grounds of the belief established and expounded in a scientific manner . If there be no such ...
... faith which they preach . But the proofs for the existence of God coincide with the grounds for the belief in God ; they are simply the real grounds of the belief established and expounded in a scientific manner . If there be no such ...
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