A View of the Evidences of Christianity: In Three Parts |
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... religion . But when the mass of the unlearned people ( it has been said ) do believe in a true religion , no matter on what grounds , it is better to let them alone in their uninquiring faith , than to agitate and unsettle their minds ...
... religion . But when the mass of the unlearned people ( it has been said ) do believe in a true religion , no matter on what grounds , it is better to let them alone in their uninquiring faith , than to agitate and unsettle their minds ...
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... Religion not only was at first attend- ed with miracles , but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one . Mere reason is in- sufficient to con- vince us of its ve- racity ; and whoever is moved by Faith to ...
... Religion not only was at first attend- ed with miracles , but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one . Mere reason is in- sufficient to con- vince us of its ve- racity ; and whoever is moved by Faith to ...
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... religion and none ; for , if the christian religion be not credible , no one with whom we have to do , will support the pretensions of any other . Suppose then the world we live in to have had a Creator ; suppose it to appear from the ...
... religion and none ; for , if the christian religion be not credible , no one with whom we have to do , will support the pretensions of any other . Suppose then the world we live in to have had a Creator ; suppose it to appear from the ...
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... [ Religion ] is a mountain air ; it is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh , and storax , and chlorine , and rosemary . It makes the sky and the hills sublime ; and the silent song of the stars is it . . . . . Always the seer is the ...
... [ Religion ] is a mountain air ; it is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh , and storax , and chlorine , and rosemary . It makes the sky and the hills sublime ; and the silent song of the stars is it . . . . . Always the seer is the ...
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... religious enthusiasts have been men of good sense in all matters but one ; and yet will say , and write , and approve , the most astounding absurdities in what relates to religion . But it is equally true , and a no less curious fact ...
... religious enthusiasts have been men of good sense in all matters but one ; and yet will say , and write , and approve , the most astounding absurdities in what relates to religion . But it is equally true , and a no less curious fact ...
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