A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... suppose that I allude to either mysterious or enthusi- astic feelings : I speak of conviction prepared by examination . But , any man accustomed to observe the workings of the mind , will agree , that conviction , in intricate moral ...
... suppose that I allude to either mysterious or enthusi- astic feelings : I speak of conviction prepared by examination . But , any man accustomed to observe the workings of the mind , will agree , that conviction , in intricate moral ...
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... affirmation of one's parents and schoolmaster ? How inconsistent to suppose , that a man , now immersed in the engrossing studies of an University , the toil of a profes- INADEQUATE ACQUAINTANCE WITH "FACTS OF THE CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE PART ...
... affirmation of one's parents and schoolmaster ? How inconsistent to suppose , that a man , now immersed in the engrossing studies of an University , the toil of a profes- INADEQUATE ACQUAINTANCE WITH "FACTS OF THE CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE PART ...
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... suppose about twenty years of age , of as good general education as most I write chiefly for , who had not the slightest idea that the origin and chief circumstance of the Christian revelation , were noticed by any contemporary writers ...
... suppose about twenty years of age , of as good general education as most I write chiefly for , who had not the slightest idea that the origin and chief circumstance of the Christian revelation , were noticed by any contemporary writers ...
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... of his days ; so , must his condition , with refer- ence to futurity , be perilous and unwise ; " for , suppose a man to be really in doubt whether E such a person had not done him the greatest favour RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 37.
... of his days ; so , must his condition , with refer- ence to futurity , be perilous and unwise ; " for , suppose a man to be really in doubt whether E such a person had not done him the greatest favour RELIGIOUS DOUBT . 37.
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... a sober investigation of Christian truth ? With fame , public influence , profit , the chance of wealth , perhaps of the highest reach of revolutionary ambition before his eye , who could suppose Paine to 62 RELIGIOUS DOUBT .
... a sober investigation of Christian truth ? With fame , public influence , profit , the chance of wealth , perhaps of the highest reach of revolutionary ambition before his eye , who could suppose Paine to 62 RELIGIOUS DOUBT .
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