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... imply , and do everywhere imply , that a real proof exists there . If what they in this respect imply be untrue , all that they profess to tell us of God , and as from God , must be rejected by us , if we are to judge and act as ...
... imply , and do everywhere imply , that a real proof exists there . If what they in this respect imply be untrue , all that they profess to tell us of God , and as from God , must be rejected by us , if we are to judge and act as ...
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... imply a religious theory of the world , and the particular religious theory , it may be , which is called theism ? Are these results not the expressions of a unity and order in the world . which can only be explained on the supposition ...
... imply a religious theory of the world , and the particular religious theory , it may be , which is called theism ? Are these results not the expressions of a unity and order in the world . which can only be explained on the supposition ...
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... imply the rejection of tradition — that is , of transmitted belief . The one does not even necessarily confine or restrict the activity of the other . They are so far from being essentially antagonistic , that they may co - operate ...
... imply the rejection of tradition — that is , of transmitted belief . The one does not even necessarily confine or restrict the activity of the other . They are so far from being essentially antagonistic , that they may co - operate ...
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... or effect , because order implies another principle , and is the ground of another argument . They overlook that you are not making an abstract use of the principle of causality , and that you are not arguing from the 72 Theism .
... or effect , because order implies another principle , and is the ground of another argument . They overlook that you are not making an abstract use of the principle of causality , and that you are not arguing from the 72 Theism .
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... implies that the heavens do not declare the glory of God , and that the earth does not show forth His handiworks- that the course of human events discloses no trace of His wisdom , goodness , or justice — and that the moral nature of ...
... implies that the heavens do not declare the glory of God , and that the earth does not show forth His handiworks- that the course of human events discloses no trace of His wisdom , goodness , or justice — and that the moral nature of ...
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