Excerpt from What Is the Bible? An Inquiry Into the Origin and Nature of the Old and New Testaments in the Light of Modern Biblical Study If such a believer, however, is urged to justify his use of Scripture at the bar of common human judgment, or to commend it to others who do not have the same experience with himself, he immediately finds the way encompassed with unexpected difficulties. He may re sort to the expedient of making his own experience, chiefly in the form of religious emotion, the ultimate test of the ...
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Excerpt from What Is the Bible? An Inquiry Into the Origin and Nature of the Old and New Testaments in the Light of Modern Biblical Study If such a believer, however, is urged to justify his use of Scripture at the bar of common human judgment, or to commend it to others who do not have the same experience with himself, he immediately finds the way encompassed with unexpected difficulties. He may re sort to the expedient of making his own experience, chiefly in the form of religious emotion, the ultimate test of the truth of the Bible. In a word, he may say, I know that this book is true, because I have found it to be true in my own case. But at once the question will be raised: On what grounds that are reasonable and communicable to other minds do you make your own experience the test or guarantee of universal truth? And, furthermore, precisely what is the truth which you think your experience competent to test and guar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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