The World Before Adam; Or, Geological Footprints of Jehovah. [Illustrated.] |
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... produced the matter of which No doubt the sacred writer here wishes to impress our minds with the fact that the world had a beginning , in opposition to the idea of its being eternal . And also that the world was not the production of ...
... produced the matter of which No doubt the sacred writer here wishes to impress our minds with the fact that the world had a beginning , in opposition to the idea of its being eternal . And also that the world was not the production of ...
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... produced from nothing , seeing it could not have existed until God created it . In many parts of Scripture , the Hebrew word bara , which we translate " created , " is frequently applied to the formation or modi- fication of matter ...
... produced from nothing , seeing it could not have existed until God created it . In many parts of Scripture , the Hebrew word bara , which we translate " created , " is frequently applied to the formation or modi- fication of matter ...
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... produce from nothing , but to form or fashion from some pre- existing matter . If that be its meaning here , we may ask , from what was that matter formed ? From some pre- existing matter , and so on ad infinitum . And even in that case ...
... produce from nothing , but to form or fashion from some pre- existing matter . If that be its meaning here , we may ask , from what was that matter formed ? From some pre- existing matter , and so on ad infinitum . And even in that case ...
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... producing some- thing out of nothing . Hence their well - known axiom , ex nihilo in nihil fit , " meaning , nothing produces nothing ; or , something cannot come out of nothing ; hence as a corollary they inferred the eternity of ...
... producing some- thing out of nothing . Hence their well - known axiom , ex nihilo in nihil fit , " meaning , nothing produces nothing ; or , something cannot come out of nothing ; hence as a corollary they inferred the eternity of ...
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... produced . These philosophers were called Theists , because they regarded God as being the real cause of the universe . While another class among them were called Atomists , Atheists , and Materialists , of whom Leucippus and Democritus ...
... produced . These philosophers were called Theists , because they regarded God as being the real cause of the universe . While another class among them were called Atomists , Atheists , and Materialists , of whom Leucippus and Democritus ...
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