The Basis of Religion

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Excerpt from The Basis of Religion: Being an Examination of Natural Religion If it distresses any one to think that I personally aban don all that the extreme school call in question, certainly he may console himself. In general the negative view is regarded in this book no otherwise than as I find it to be regarded by most of those to whom the book is principally addressed - viz., as a fashionable View difficult for the moment to resist, because it seems favoured by great authorities, a view therefore concerning which, how ever unwillingly, we cannot help asking ourselves the question, What if it should turn out to be true 2 But if I were asked what I myself think of it, I should remark, that it is not the greatest scientific authorities who are so confident in negation, but rather the inferior men, who echo their opinions but who live themselves in the atmo sphere not of science but of party controversy. I find, however, that some readers have held that I must be taken to admit whatever in this book I do not undertake to refute, and have drawn the conclusion that I consciously reject Christianity! Others have understood me to confess that on the questions at issue between reli gion and science I have nothing to say, a confession which I never meant to make. I have always felt, and feel now as much as ever, that my views are Christian. I am surprised that any one can question it. 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.