A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... inquiry into a subject , on which so many , more consistent and better informed , have expressed and are acting , on a perfect conviction . The facts of the Christian history must be inquired into RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 31.
... inquiry into a subject , on which so many , more consistent and better informed , have expressed and are acting , on a perfect conviction . The facts of the Christian history must be inquired into RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 31.
Page 50
... inquire into them : but , if the healthy action of the brain is to be interfered with , whenever it is urging to results which Christianity sanc- tions , though inclination opposes , then , mani- festly , Christianity has no chance ...
... inquire into them : but , if the healthy action of the brain is to be interfered with , whenever it is urging to results which Christianity sanc- tions , though inclination opposes , then , mani- festly , Christianity has no chance ...
Page 68
... inquiry , than , to find them at heart as decided sceptics , as any others . Such levity on a subject so momentous , in whomsoever it is found , is ever inconsistent with a really religious frame of mind ; for , as no one ever either ...
... inquiry , than , to find them at heart as decided sceptics , as any others . Such levity on a subject so momentous , in whomsoever it is found , is ever inconsistent with a really religious frame of mind ; for , as no one ever either ...
Page 74
... inquiry , and to whom the tyro in these investigations may be dis- posed rather to look for support and guidance ; but if , instead of support , he perceives in him a shrinking , a timidity , so unlike the confi- dence which a firm ...
... inquiry , and to whom the tyro in these investigations may be dis- posed rather to look for support and guidance ; but if , instead of support , he perceives in him a shrinking , a timidity , so unlike the confi- dence which a firm ...
Page 79
... inquiry , perfectly distinct from this pre- paratory one . Yet , it is now , the sanguine wish of the author of these pages , that , all his attentive readers are prepared to enter vigo- rously into this needful examination . If any ...
... inquiry , perfectly distinct from this pre- paratory one . Yet , it is now , the sanguine wish of the author of these pages , that , all his attentive readers are prepared to enter vigo- rously into this needful examination . If any ...
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