Author : William Weston Patton
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ISBN 13 : 9781330848142
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)
Book Synopsis Slavery the Bible Infidelity (Classic Reprint) by : William Weston Patton
Download or read book Slavery the Bible Infidelity (Classic Reprint) written by William Weston Patton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Slavery the Bible Infidelity The Bible is the Word of God. This is the truth which runs a dividing line between infidels and christians. The infidel asserts that it is "a cunningly devised fabIe." of human origin alone, intended to impose upon the credulity of the ignorant mass and only received by the intelligent for selfish reasons. The christian on the other hand contends that "all scripture is given by inspiration of God," and was written by "holy men of God, who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," and that consequently all are bound to believe its doctrines and to live in accordance with its precepts. The evidence in proof of the inspiration of the Bible is of two kinds, external and internal. The external evidence embraces the arguments derived from miracles. prophecy, and the success which has attended the propagation of Christianity. The internal evidence, to use the language of Bishop Horne, is derived from "the sublime doctrines and tlie purity of the moral precepts revealed in the Scriptures - the harmony subsisting between every part, - their miraculous preservation - and the tendency of the whole to promote the present and eternal happiness of mankind, as evinced by the blessed effects which are invariably produced by a cordial reception and belief of the Bible - together with the peculiar advantages possessed by the Christian revelation over all other religions. It may be well to remark here that one of the above specifications (to it, the miraculous preservation of the Scriptures, ) would more properly be included in the external evidences. A more concise definition of the internal evidence of Christianity is given by the celebrated Methodist divine, Richard Watson, as "that which arises from the apparent excellence and beneficial tendency of the doctrine." In what way have infidels attacked Christianity' They have assailed It in both the points which have been mentioned, but until of late, principa y by denying the existence of the miracles and prophecies which constitute the main strength of the external evidence. From the days of the Sanhodrin who pretend that Christ did not rise from the dead, but the body was stolen by his disciples, to the days of Thomas Paine pretty much one course has been pursued. There has been indeed an occasional and feeble attack upon the doctrines and precepts of the Bible, as for instance when Hume attempted to show that "Humphty ought to be struck off from the catalogue of virtues and placed on the catalogue of vices;" but the strength of argument and the power of wit and sarcasm on the infidel side, has been principally expended in attempts to meet the evidence in favor of Christianity drawn from miracles and prophecies. I think a reference to the works of Celsus, Porphvry, Bohnbroke. Hume, VoItaire, Rousseau, Gibbon and Paine, will justify this assertion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
