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... whole of the Scripture History as a series of Parables , never designed to be believed as literally true , any more than Esop's Fables , though intended ( like them ) to convey some moral lessons . The Naturalists , on the contrary ...
... whole of the Scripture History as a series of Parables , never designed to be believed as literally true , any more than Esop's Fables , though intended ( like them ) to convey some moral lessons . The Naturalists , on the contrary ...
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... whole life ; and that therefore all except per- haps some five or six out of every million , had better not trouble themselves at all about the matter . It is very strange that it should fail to occur to any man of good sense , that it ...
... whole life ; and that therefore all except per- haps some five or six out of every million , had better not trouble themselves at all about the matter . It is very strange that it should fail to occur to any man of good sense , that it ...
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In Three Parts William Paley. ' Upon the whole , we may conclude that the Christian 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 Three Parts William Paley. ' Upon the whole , we may conclude that the Christian 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 ...
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... whole race , either by the imperfection of their faculties , the misfortune of their situation , or by the loss of some prior revelation , to want this knowledge , and not to be likely without the aid of a new revelation to attain it ...
... whole race , either by the imperfection of their faculties , the misfortune of their situation , or by the loss of some prior revelation , to want this knowledge , and not to be likely without the aid of a new revelation to attain it ...
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... whole objection . But since it is an objection which stands in the very thresh- old of our argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be neces- sary , before we proceed ...
... whole objection . But since it is an objection which stands in the very thresh- old of our argument , and , if admitted , is a bar to every proof , and to all future reasoning upon the subject , it may be neces- sary , before we proceed ...
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