On Some of the Characteristics of Belief: Scientific and ReligiousMacmillan, 1870 - 126 pages |
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... tion that multitudes of thoughtful and honest people after carefully inspecting the same facts should persist from one generation to another in assigning to them . different explanations , and drawing from them con- flicting inferences ...
... tion that multitudes of thoughtful and honest people after carefully inspecting the same facts should persist from one generation to another in assigning to them . different explanations , and drawing from them con- flicting inferences ...
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... tion between the two cases . If men cease to suffer from illness a century hence , the knowledge of this fact has no effect upon us now . If however they give up their religious belief then , our faith would at once be affected . An ...
... tion between the two cases . If men cease to suffer from illness a century hence , the knowledge of this fact has no effect upon us now . If however they give up their religious belief then , our faith would at once be affected . An ...
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... tion . Once admit that the whole atmosphere is , if one may so say , full of arguments , and it will easily be seen that according to a man's character and occupation he will imbibe and assimilate more of one kind than another . If he ...
... tion . Once admit that the whole atmosphere is , if one may so say , full of arguments , and it will easily be seen that according to a man's character and occupation he will imbibe and assimilate more of one kind than another . If he ...
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... is the condition of man ? Is it such as to make a revelation necessary or service- able ? By saying that we are brought into connec- tion with these inquiries I mean that , according as BELIEF IN MIRACULOUS ACCOUNTS . 71.
... is the condition of man ? Is it such as to make a revelation necessary or service- able ? By saying that we are brought into connec- tion with these inquiries I mean that , according as BELIEF IN MIRACULOUS ACCOUNTS . 71.
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Scientific and Religious John Venn. tion with these inquiries I mean that , according as a man adopts one or another answer to them , he may find himself easily disposed to accept the mira- culous explanation , or only able to do so ...
Scientific and Religious John Venn. tion with these inquiries I mean that , according as a man adopts one or another answer to them , he may find himself easily disposed to accept the mira- culous explanation , or only able to do so ...
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