Half-hours with the freethinkers, ed. by J. Watts, 'Iconoclast', and A. CollinsJohn Watts 1857 |
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Strana 3
... Bibles , that progression would have been impossible . This gave us his method . He wanted a starting point from which to reason , some indisputable fact upon which to found future thinkings . ' He has given us the detailed history of ...
... Bibles , that progression would have been impossible . This gave us his method . He wanted a starting point from which to reason , some indisputable fact upon which to found future thinkings . ' He has given us the detailed history of ...
Strana 33
... Bible , and his total rejection of the dogmas of Christianity , laid him open to the malig- nant attacks and misrepresentations of the priesthood and the bigots of Europe ; and so strong were they , that his life was continually in ...
... Bible , and his total rejection of the dogmas of Christianity , laid him open to the malig- nant attacks and misrepresentations of the priesthood and the bigots of Europe ; and so strong were they , that his life was continually in ...
Strana 37
... Bible in toto . The accounts of the doings of the Jewish kings , as represented in the Old Testa- ment , he has unsparingly ridiculed in the drama of Saul . ' The quiet irony of the following will be easily appreciated : - 6 DIVINITY OF ...
... Bible in toto . The accounts of the doings of the Jewish kings , as represented in the Old Testa- ment , he has unsparingly ridiculed in the drama of Saul . ' The quiet irony of the following will be easily appreciated : - 6 DIVINITY OF ...
Strana 39
... Bible led him to use the language of ' holy writ ' in the coarsest jokes ; though , perhaps , with such material , the jokes could not well be otherwise than coarse . The following letter he addressed to M. Baillon , Intendant of Lyons ...
... Bible led him to use the language of ' holy writ ' in the coarsest jokes ; though , perhaps , with such material , the jokes could not well be otherwise than coarse . The following letter he addressed to M. Baillon , Intendant of Lyons ...
Strana 41
... Bible . Theology had no longer to fight with itself , but with philosophy . Metaphysics became the Jehu of opinion , and sought to drive its chariot through the fables of the saints . The old doctrines had to be restated to meet new ...
... Bible . Theology had no longer to fight with itself , but with philosophy . Metaphysics became the Jehu of opinion , and sought to drive its chariot through the fables of the saints . The old doctrines had to be restated to meet new ...
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Strana 87 - That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
Strana 87 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature ; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Strana 183 - Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
Strana 182 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.
Strana 25 - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannise Without reproach or check.
Strana 86 - There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object those qualities with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious.
Strana 180 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Strana 181 - Then he said, I pray, thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house ; for I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Strana 94 - This decaying sense, when we would express the thing itself (I mean fancy itself) we call Imagination, as I said before: but when we would express the decay, and signify that the sense is fading, old and past, it is called Memory. So that imagination and memory are but one thing which for divers considerations hath divers names.
Strana 182 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).