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8921 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 255.2 (Uriah Smith)
“There is here no straining of argument to make out a case. The argument is one which man’s judgment has in every age approved as just.”
8922 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 297.1 (Uriah Smith)
“I think it may be strictly demonstrated that man has an immaterial soul; but then, the same arguments which prove that, prove, likewise, that the souls of all living animals are immaterial.”
8923 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 297.2 (Uriah Smith)
… own arguments. If it be said that God can, if he choose, blot from existence the immaterial soul of the beetle and the titmouse, we reply, So can he that of man; and …
8924 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 298.4 (Uriah Smith)
… his argument on the organization of dumb beasts. I have in my hand a little live mouse. Behold how bright his eye, how keen his sight. Look at his ear. How sharp his …
8925 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 301.2 (Uriah Smith)
… an argument which has for its object the proof that there is something besides; and when that is admitted, the proof rests with the skeptic, who conceives that …
8926 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 302.4 (Uriah Smith)
… this argumentation seems really valid, and yet every human being in his senses laughs it to scorn. I do think, is the protest of each child of humanity. Then if …
8927 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 304.5 (Uriah Smith)
… preceding arguments amount to nothing, souls, or immaterial minds, distinct from the substance of which they appear to us to be composed. If all animals feel …
8928 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 305.1 (Uriah Smith)
… metaphysical argument which proves the immortality of man, extends with equal force to the other orders of earthly existence.’ “
8929 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 306.1 (Uriah Smith)
… rational argument inextricably mixed up with the brute creation. The legitimate result of their theory is to confer immortality upon all orders of animated …
8930 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 306.3 (Uriah Smith)
Another fact on which it is supposed that an argument for immortality can be founded is -
8931 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 306.5 (Uriah Smith)
… this argument, which, stripped of its disguise, is simply an egotistical assertion, - I am fit to be a god, and therefore I am a god, - will be found to collapse under …
8932 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 307.1 (Uriah Smith)
… .’ This argument, dispassionately considered apart from the imposing parade of human achievements, is just this: Man is clever, therefore he is immortal. Here …
8933 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 307.2 (Uriah Smith)
… this argument is based! And can the capacities of a few leading minds determine the density of the great mass of men who possess no such powers?
8934 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 307.3 (Uriah Smith)
… an argument may be based on the capacities of some, may not an equal and opposite argument be based on the incapacities of others? and in this case on which side …
8935 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 308.1 (Uriah Smith)
… this argument. It demands no further notice till its friends who base immortality on mental capacity will determine which class of their less fortunate …
8936 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 308.2 (Uriah Smith)
… this argument, - the universal belief, - that appears not to be true, in fact. On this, a glance at a quotation or two must suffice. Whately (Essay 1 on a Future State …
8937 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 309.4 (Uriah Smith)
… the argument, the universal and inborn desire, those who make use of it, to make it of any avail, are bound to supply and prove the suppressed premise, which is …
8938 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 310.1 (Uriah Smith)
… this argument in another respect; for it is not immortality in the abstract that is the object of this great desire among men, but happiness. And the very persons …
8939 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 311.1 (Uriah Smith)
… this argument is so eminently susceptible. Among the many instances of nature, we find only a few that furnish the analogies here presented. The chrysalis …
8940 Man’s Nature and Destiny, p. 311.2 (Uriah Smith)
… . This argument, like the former may be a fair inference for a future state; it may portend to the ungodly a scene of retribution, but can prove nothing as to its …