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... not atheism , for it admits that there is a God ; but it is anti - theism , for it denies that God is a Being dis- tinct from creation and possessed of such attri- butes as wisdom , and holiness , and love . 2 Anti - Theistic Theories .
... not atheism , for it admits that there is a God ; but it is anti - theism , for it denies that God is a Being dis- tinct from creation and possessed of such attri- butes as wisdom , and holiness , and love . 2 Anti - Theistic Theories .
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... admit that it could be sincerely entertained by the human mind . And it may be conceded that there is an element of truth underlying this view . The whole nature of man presupposes and demands God , and is an enigma and self ...
... admit that it could be sincerely entertained by the human mind . And it may be conceded that there is an element of truth underlying this view . The whole nature of man presupposes and demands God , and is an enigma and self ...
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... admit the opprobrium to be deserved , but they fight to show that the whole is a lie . And I maintain the oppro- brium cast upon the word atheism is a lie . I believe atheists as a body to be men deserving respect , and I do not care ...
... admit the opprobrium to be deserved , but they fight to show that the whole is a lie . And I maintain the oppro- brium cast upon the word atheism is a lie . I believe atheists as a body to be men deserving respect , and I do not care ...
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... admits of , and one of which he needs not be ashamed . Let us see . The truth in which the atheist must seek the satisfaction of his heart can only be , of course , mere truth , -truth apprehended not as expressive of the thought and ...
... admits of , and one of which he needs not be ashamed . Let us see . The truth in which the atheist must seek the satisfaction of his heart can only be , of course , mere truth , -truth apprehended not as expressive of the thought and ...
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... admit that there is an essential difference even in method between the ancient and the modern atomists . To say that the former assumed their theory , and unfolded its applications by reasoning down from it , and that the latter reverse ...
... admit that there is an essential difference even in method between the ancient and the modern atomists . To say that the former assumed their theory , and unfolded its applications by reasoning down from it , and that the latter reverse ...
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Page 160 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to. another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe no man, who has iu philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 384 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 172 - ... the passage from the current to the needle, if not demonstrable, is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously ; we do not possess the intellectual organ, nor apparently any rudiment of the organ, which would enable us to pass, by a process...
Page 131 - ... the extension of the province of what we call matter and causation, and the concomitant gradual banishment from all regions of human thought of what we call spirit and spontaneity.
Page 76 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.