Theological Criticisms, Or, Hint of the Philosophy of Man and Nature: In Six Lectures : to which are Appended Two Poetical Scraps, and Dogmas of InfidelityJ.E. Thompson, 1843 - 248 pages |
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... Truth or Reason . And having , from my child- hood , detested the moral cowardice , so well exempli- fied in its character and consequences , by the fictitious Jonah , on the one hand ; and , on the other , equally idolized the moral ...
... Truth or Reason . And having , from my child- hood , detested the moral cowardice , so well exempli- fied in its character and consequences , by the fictitious Jonah , on the one hand ; and , on the other , equally idolized the moral ...
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... truth . And however harshly custom and expediency may growl at such opinions , as innovations upon hereditary rights , Experience , Posterity and Nature will ultimately and cheerfully accord their approbation ! One consideration ...
... truth . And however harshly custom and expediency may growl at such opinions , as innovations upon hereditary rights , Experience , Posterity and Nature will ultimately and cheerfully accord their approbation ! One consideration ...
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... , a problem , whose truth can never be de- monstrated . It is , naturally , deducible from the ideas it is supposed to develope , and the properties of 1 viii DOGMAS OF riod of a single thought, would be entirely nugatory...
... , a problem , whose truth can never be de- monstrated . It is , naturally , deducible from the ideas it is supposed to develope , and the properties of 1 viii DOGMAS OF riod of a single thought, would be entirely nugatory...
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... truth ; which , being thus presented to man's strongest pro- pensity , his love of lite , could , scarcely , have failed of a ready and unanimous acceptance . But unanimity of belief can never deserve credit , as evidence of sci ...
... truth ; which , being thus presented to man's strongest pro- pensity , his love of lite , could , scarcely , have failed of a ready and unanimous acceptance . But unanimity of belief can never deserve credit , as evidence of sci ...
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... Truth will never fail to repay the labor of investigation ; Error , like a hibernating reptile , will sting the hand that warms it into vigor ! Theology is a human fantasy , which possesses neither a type in Nature , nor affinity with ...
... Truth will never fail to repay the labor of investigation ; Error , like a hibernating reptile , will sting the hand that warms it into vigor ! Theology is a human fantasy , which possesses neither a type in Nature , nor affinity with ...
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Page 169 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 151 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 87 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 36 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 160 - And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Page 162 - And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Page 30 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Page 163 - I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Page 147 - And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Page 173 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.