A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... mankind . " The general proof of natural religion and of Christianity , does , I think , lie level to common men : even those , the greater part of whose time , from childhood to old age , is taken up with providing for themselves and ...
... mankind . " The general proof of natural religion and of Christianity , does , I think , lie level to common men : even those , the greater part of whose time , from childhood to old age , is taken up with providing for themselves and ...
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... mankind . This is by no means the habit of all who are opposed to the truths of Revelation ; far from it : whatever may be the hindrances of many in these matters , with frivolity or trifling , it would be in the highest degree unjust ...
... mankind . This is by no means the habit of all who are opposed to the truths of Revelation ; far from it : whatever may be the hindrances of many in these matters , with frivolity or trifling , it would be in the highest degree unjust ...
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... mankind , is , what is common alike both to 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 future ...
... mankind , is , what is common alike both to 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 future ...
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... mankind ? The answer to all these questions is found , in what we call the external evidences of Christianity . These shew the acknowledged facts on which the religion rests . They prove that the books were written by the persons whose ...
... mankind ? The answer to all these questions is found , in what we call the external evidences of Christianity . These shew the acknowledged facts on which the religion rests . They prove that the books were written by the persons whose ...
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... mankind . This is by no means the habit of all who are opposed to the truths of Revelation ; far from it : whatever may be the hindrances of many in these matters , with frivolity or trifling , it would be in the highest degree unjust ...
... mankind . This is by no means the habit of all who are opposed to the truths of Revelation ; far from it : whatever may be the hindrances of many in these matters , with frivolity or trifling , it would be in the highest degree unjust ...
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