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... belief is , necessarily , treated as one of many forms of possible religious belief , springing originally , as all have , out of superstition and error , and developed largely through the forces of prejudice and emotion . From the ...
... belief is , necessarily , treated as one of many forms of possible religious belief , springing originally , as all have , out of superstition and error , and developed largely through the forces of prejudice and emotion . From the ...
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... belief in miracles ? Of what value is the belief in miracles ? What should be our attitude toward miracles ? CHAPTER XIX . CREATION AND DESIGN Can we draw theological inferences from I. The sheer existence of the universe ? Il . The ...
... belief in miracles ? Of what value is the belief in miracles ? What should be our attitude toward miracles ? CHAPTER XIX . CREATION AND DESIGN Can we draw theological inferences from I. The sheer existence of the universe ? Il . The ...
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... belief ? What are the leading arguments for the belief ? CHAPTER XXV . THE VENTURE OF FAITH Which is the higher ideal , loyal belief or impartial investigation ? Should we accept or reject beliefs of whose evidence we are un- certain ...
... belief ? What are the leading arguments for the belief ? CHAPTER XXV . THE VENTURE OF FAITH Which is the higher ideal , loyal belief or impartial investigation ? Should we accept or reject beliefs of whose evidence we are un- certain ...
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... belief ; it was in his quieter and more reflective moments , no doubt , and as an explanation and justification of these in- stinctive acts , that primitive man attained to a definite and steady belief in quasi - human Beings behind the ...
... belief ; it was in his quieter and more reflective moments , no doubt , and as an explanation and justification of these in- stinctive acts , that primitive man attained to a definite and steady belief in quasi - human Beings behind the ...
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... belief in spirits is the inability of primitive men to real- ize the fact of death . Having no comprehension of the actual relations of mind and body , or of the hopeless finality , for our mundane experience , of death , they are slow ...
... belief in spirits is the inability of primitive men to real- ize the fact of death . Having no comprehension of the actual relations of mind and body , or of the hopeless finality , for our mundane experience , of death , they are slow ...
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Page 332 - But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen : and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Page 157 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 384 - I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Page 384 - Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Page 56 - Through thee will we push down our enemies : through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Page 272 - If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : and the smoke of their torment, ascendeth up for ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth...
Page 385 - As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so man lieth down and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 141 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 60 - And as long as the world lasts, all who want to make progress in righteousness will come to Israel for inspiration, as to the people who have had the sense for righteousness most glowing and strongest...
Page 94 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape.