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The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less... →
Life ceases to be so oppressive: we are free to give our own lives meaning and purpose, free to redeem our suffering by making something of it.
The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepens his understanding and... →
When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because... →
It was also Hegel who established the view that the different philosophic systems that we find in history are to be comprehended in terms of... →
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not... →
Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the... →
It is widely assumed, contrary to fact, that theism necessarily involves the two assumptions which cannot be squared with the existence of so much... →
To try to fashion something from suffering, to relish our triumphs, and to endure defeats without resentment: all that is compatible with the faith... →
Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than... →
The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.
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