A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... argument , and from faith to reason . ' In answering the question why our religion is to be believed , the poor , ignorant , unin- structed peasant will probably come nearest to the answer of the Gospel . ' He will say , Because I have ...
... argument , and from faith to reason . ' In answering the question why our religion is to be believed , the poor , ignorant , unin- structed peasant will probably come nearest to the answer of the Gospel . ' He will say , Because I have ...
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... argument is alleged . We do not assume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in order to prove the reality of miracles . That reality always must be proved by evidence . We assert only , that in miracles ...
... argument is alleged . We do not assume the attributes of the Deity , or the existence of a future state , in order to prove the reality of miracles . That reality always must be proved by evidence . We assert only , that in miracles ...
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... arguments drawn from the light of nature , they can be made out to be probable . It is enough that we are able to say ... argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be ...
... arguments drawn from the light of nature , they can be made out to be probable . It is enough that we are able to say ... argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be ...
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... argument from experience it is said , that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign effects without causes , or we attribute effects to causes inade- quate to the purpose , or to causes of the operation of which we have no ...
... argument from experience it is said , that , when we advance accounts of miracles , we assign effects without causes , or we attribute effects to causes inade- quate to the purpose , or to causes of the operation of which we have no ...
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... argument by some examples of this kind . I hope in a proper place to show that none of them reach the strength or circumstances of the christian evidence . In these , however , consists the weight of his objection . In the principle ...
... argument by some examples of this kind . I hope in a proper place to show that none of them reach the strength or circumstances of the christian evidence . In these , however , consists the weight of his objection . In the principle ...
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