Stones of Stumbling
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T. 296.
" SUPPOSE, " says Mr. Mill, " that certain un- known attributes are ascribed to the Deity in a religion, the external evidences of which are so conclusive to my mind as effectually to convince me that it comes from God. Unless I believe God to possess the same moral attributes which I find, in however inferior a degree, in a good man, what ground of assurance have I of God's veracity ?"t In other words, if God's justice and mercy are not as our justice and mercy, what guarantee have we ...that his truth is as our truth ? And, conversely, are not orthodox reasoners, who start with the assumption that God's truth is as our truth, likewise bound to assume that his justice and mercy are as our justice and mercy ? We propose to discuss this question at some length ; for it seems to suggest the most easily stated and, so to say, handiest reply to the * Fortnightly Review, Dec. , 1877.
t Professor Newman, I think, has said to the same effect : " If God may be what we should call cruel and unjust, why may He not be what we should call a liar ?" DIVINE ECONOMY OF TEUTH.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
T. 296.
" SUPPOSE, " says Mr. Mill, " that certain un- known attributes are ascribed to the Deity in a religion, the external evidences of which are so conclusive to my mind as effectually to convince me that it comes from God. Unless I believe God to possess the same moral attributes which I find, in however inferior a degree, in a good man, what ground of assurance have I of God's veracity ?"t In other words, if God's justice and mercy are not as our justice and mercy, what guarantee have we ...that his truth is as our truth ? And, conversely, are not orthodox reasoners, who start with the assumption that God's truth is as our truth, likewise bound to assume that his justice and mercy are as our justice and mercy ? We propose to discuss this question at some length ; for it seems to suggest the most easily stated and, so to say, handiest reply to the * Fortnightly Review, Dec. , 1877.
t Professor Newman, I think, has said to the same effect : " If God may be what we should call cruel and unjust, why may He not be what we should call a liar ?" DIVINE ECONOMY OF TEUTH.
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