A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... Deism , or natural religion , so called . And it is precisely thus that we must argue with reference to the facts of a revealed re- ligion . There may be mysteries , —things difficult and beyond comprehension in it ; but , that ...
... Deism , or natural religion , so called . And it is precisely thus that we must argue with reference to the facts of a revealed re- ligion . There may be mysteries , —things difficult and beyond comprehension in it ; but , that ...
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... Deist are proofs that the facts of Deism are not true . The con- duct of hypocrites , or enthusiasts , in either case , has no necessary connexion with the truth or falsehood of the tenets they profess : the tenets may be true , though ...
... Deist are proofs that the facts of Deism are not true . The con- duct of hypocrites , or enthusiasts , in either case , has no necessary connexion with the truth or falsehood of the tenets they profess : the tenets may be true , though ...
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... Deist , if true to his prin- ciples ; a man of upright morals , with his appetites in tolerable subjection , of an humble and serious and devotional spirit towards God , must expect the same . Some who profess and call themselves ...
... Deist , if true to his prin- ciples ; a man of upright morals , with his appetites in tolerable subjection , of an humble and serious and devotional spirit towards God , must expect the same . Some who profess and call themselves ...
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... Deism and Chris- tianity ; namely , the obligations under which they place the consistent believer in either , to act with such a continual reference to a pre- siding Deity , and a ... Deism . The admissions of Deism , RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 75.
... Deism and Chris- tianity ; namely , the obligations under which they place the consistent believer in either , to act with such a continual reference to a pre- siding Deity , and a ... Deism . The admissions of Deism , RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 75.
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David Bristow Baker. not equally to Deism . The admissions of Deism , even if they be not considered as ex- tending beyond the simple acknowledgment of a supreme moral administrator of the uni- verse , seem to demand a conduct as pure ...
David Bristow Baker. not equally to Deism . The admissions of Deism , even if they be not considered as ex- tending beyond the simple acknowledgment of a supreme moral administrator of the uni- verse , seem to demand a conduct as pure ...
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