Antonio E. Gonzalez wrote:
> should not be astonished at their
> enterprise, if they were addressing their argument to the faithful; for
it
> is certain that those who have the living faith in their hearts see at
once
> that all existence is none other than the work of the God whom they
adore.
> But for those in whom this light is extinguished, and in whom we purpose
to
> rekindle it, persons destitute of faith and grace, who, seeking with all
> their light whatever they see in nature that can bring them to this
> knowledge, find only obscurity and darkness; to tell them that they have
> only to look at the smallest things which surround them, and they will
see
> God openly, to give them, as a complete proof of this great and
im****tant
> matter, the course of the moon and planets, and to claim to have
concluded
> the proof with such an argument, is to give them ground for believing
that
> the proofs of our religion are very weak. And I see by reason and
experience
> that nothing is more calculated to arouse their contempt.
(Fakey-virus poster?...Maybe.
But for now, let's just be grateful for the more clear, on-topic and
informed posts that have had George and AEG's name on them in a while.) ;)
> Nemo novit Patrem, nisi Filius,
(Um, my college Latin's kinda rusty, but I think it's something about
Nemo and his dad?)
Derek Janssen
ejanss1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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