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14701 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 586.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Such is the fantastic tale, with its poetic imagery, invoked to enforce Plato’s argument.
14702 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 587.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… its argument as to immortality.11) Ibid., p. 27. Note 9 gives alternate reading, “What is ever in motion is immortal.”
14703 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 588.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Reverting to the soul’s form, “expressed more briefly and in human language,” Plato develops the famous winged-horses and charioteer-figure argument, with its poetic drapery—the group having grown into one:
14704 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 590.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
And souls are born over and over. That principle is involved in the argument of the Phaedrus.
14705 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 592.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… his arguments, and thus to determine the soundness and validity of his conclusions as later accepted by Philo, Origen, and others—even to this day. Let us therefore …
14706 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 614.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and arguments of the skeptical Sophists, so now the post-Platonic developments climax with the Pyrrhonian Skeptics, who doubted everything. So a distrust …
14707 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 620.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… his arguments were only a “probability.” And while he accepted much of Plato’s doctrine, and reproduced not a little of his reasoning, Cicero nevertheless …
14708 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 628.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and argument in its advocacy. As already seen, their views are ably defended by Lucretius in his The Nature of the Universe. And Horace, Juvenal, and Persius …
14709 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 708.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… crowning argument of Greek philosophy as a “philosophical religion,” as it entered into mortal conflict with the rising power of Christianity.
14710 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 716.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the arguments that removed the irreconcilable disagreements between Scripture and pagan philosophy—by the simple device of allegorizing away the intent …
14711 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 804.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , the arguments of philosophy were first brought forward ostensibly that men might not be blinded by the sudden light of Scripture. Various writers began …
14712 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 827.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… . His arguments are the more remarkable because he had once been an ardent Platonist.
14713 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 854.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… their arguments, the logic of their reasonings, and the expressions sometimes employed. This alone explains why they wrote so much on the origin, nature, and …
14714 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 876.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… . His argument, in a sentence, was this: To be deprived of the benefits of existence is the greatest punishment, and to be deprived of them forever is to suffer …
14715 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 887.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… his arguments. Only by the total testimony of this fearless and faithful key witness, and a summation of his multiple statements, can the full impact and significance …
14716 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 892.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the arguments derived ... from numbers, letters, and syllables.” 12) Ibid., book 2 chap. 14, sec. 4, p. 377. 13) Ibid.: chap. 17, sec. 1, p. 380. 14) Ibid., chap. 24, heading, p 393.
14717 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 893.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
His argument is amplified and enforced in section four, where Irenaeus asserts that “the soul herself is not life, but partakes in that life bestowed upon her by God.” And he adds:
14718 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 893 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
IV. Multiple Arguments for Conditional Immortality
14719 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 898.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… his argument by saying:56) Ibid., chap. 3, secs. 2, 3, p. 529.
14720 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 904 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
II. Arguments Based on Natures of Creator and Creature