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... of creation and deluge – Zoroastrian accounts of thein - Hebrew ideas of
Monotheism a disguised Polytheism : 146 THE NEW TESTAMENT . LETTER XI .
New Testament silent on personal existence of God - Hume ' s argument on
miracles .
... of creation and deluge – Zoroastrian accounts of thein - Hebrew ideas of
Monotheism a disguised Polytheism : 146 THE NEW TESTAMENT . LETTER XI .
New Testament silent on personal existence of God - Hume ' s argument on
miracles .
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The credibility of miracles rests entirely on the balance of evidence . But there is a
fitness in things : and most of us are disposed ( however inconsistently ) to make
this fitness the standard of credibility . The miracle must bear a suitable relation ...
The credibility of miracles rests entirely on the balance of evidence . But there is a
fitness in things : and most of us are disposed ( however inconsistently ) to make
this fitness the standard of credibility . The miracle must bear a suitable relation ...
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The miracle of Jonas in the whale ' s belly is hardly justified by the importance of
the event : besides , Eastern mythology furnishes us with an exact parallel , if not
with the original of the story . And the derangement of the entire universe by the ...
The miracle of Jonas in the whale ' s belly is hardly justified by the importance of
the event : besides , Eastern mythology furnishes us with an exact parallel , if not
with the original of the story . And the derangement of the entire universe by the ...
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Would any amount of miracle authorise the smallest amount of crime ? Clearly a
miracle in itself can prove nothing but supernatural power . Is not the Bible full of
the devil ' s miracles ? St . Paul says , “ Though an angel from heaven preach ...
Would any amount of miracle authorise the smallest amount of crime ? Clearly a
miracle in itself can prove nothing but supernatural power . Is not the Bible full of
the devil ' s miracles ? St . Paul says , “ Though an angel from heaven preach ...
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It would seem impossible for the most credulous persons to believe such a story ;
since nothing short of a miracle could make 50 , 070 men persist in gratifying
curiosity at the certain cost of life . The other case is that of Uzza ( 1 Chron . xiii . )
...
It would seem impossible for the most credulous persons to believe such a story ;
since nothing short of a miracle could make 50 , 070 men persist in gratifying
curiosity at the certain cost of life . The other case is that of Uzza ( 1 Chron . xiii . )
...
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Página 40 - 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 (22:19-22).
Página 26 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains scon.
Página 27 - And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Página 41 - And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, "Go up, thou bald head...
Página 42 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Página 20 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Página 22 - For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of 'Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices : but this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Página 216 - The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.
Página 21 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Página 231 - ... why select so minute, so weak, so bounded a principle as the reason and design of animals is found to be upon this planet? What peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call thought, that we must thus make it the model of the whole universe?
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Creeds of the day; or, Collated opinions of reputable thinkers, 3 series of letters, Volumen1 Creeds of the day; or, Collated opinions of reputable thinkers, 3 series of letters, Henry Coke |
| Autor | Henry Coke |
| Publicado | 1883 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 17 Mayo 2006 |
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