Ethics of the Great ReligionsWatts, 1904 - 74 pàgines |
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Pàgina 5
... doubt that man has lived upon this earth for a time inconceivably longer than the 6,000 years deduced from the perplexing chronology of the Bible . The evidence need not be given here ; it is available to all in the admirable summary ...
... doubt that man has lived upon this earth for a time inconceivably longer than the 6,000 years deduced from the perplexing chronology of the Bible . The evidence need not be given here ; it is available to all in the admirable summary ...
Pàgina 8
... doubt , however , that the priestly caste - sometimes with the purest , sometimes with the most interested , motives - must thousands of years ago have perceived that religion could be made a powerful aid to morals , and numberless ...
... doubt , however , that the priestly caste - sometimes with the purest , sometimes with the most interested , motives - must thousands of years ago have perceived that religion could be made a powerful aid to morals , and numberless ...
Pàgina 11
... doubt that , in the main , all existing moral ideas were in force and operation long before a line of the Bible was written . Slight reflection is necessary to show that men could not have dwelt on this earth , as they cer- tainly have ...
... doubt that , in the main , all existing moral ideas were in force and operation long before a line of the Bible was written . Slight reflection is necessary to show that men could not have dwelt on this earth , as they cer- tainly have ...
Pàgina 14
... doubt , apart from all critical research , whether the descendants of Abraham were in any sense under the peculiar protection and superintending care of the Almighty , though the strength of their conviction on the subject cannot be ...
... doubt , apart from all critical research , whether the descendants of Abraham were in any sense under the peculiar protection and superintending care of the Almighty , though the strength of their conviction on the subject cannot be ...
Pàgina 16
... doubt whether righteousness meant quite the same thing to the Hebrew as it does to us . In the main it must have been a tribal , not a universal , obligation . As an expression of religious feeling , the language of the Psalms has ...
... doubt whether righteousness meant quite the same thing to the Hebrew as it does to us . In the main it must have been a tribal , not a universal , obligation . As an expression of religious feeling , the language of the Psalms has ...
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Pàgina 17 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Pàgina 15 - Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Pàgina 17 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Pàgina 17 - 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.
Pàgina 18 - I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Pàgina 19 - Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Pàgina 14 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Pàgina 16 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Pàgina 15 - The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Pàgina 18 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...