...digests them need not dread to encounter iron, adamant, fish hooks, and glass bottles. I could sooner believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Koran, than that the doctrines of Calvin have any foundation in truth.— Brownlow's Exposition and...

...can he except Factious is Christianity. Page 75- OfAlhetsm. I had rather believe all the fables and the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is without a wind : and, therefore, God ne1er wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince...

...is not irreligious, he is prepared to give to God the things that are God's, but Cssar's to Caesar. "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran," he writes in his Essay "Of Atheism", "than that this universal frame is without a mind. ... It is true,...

...fundamental constants must remain the most compelling evidence for an element of cosmic design. 14. Miracles 'God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' Francis Bacon 'There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number...

...been flourishing for some time. In his essay 'Of Atheism' (1613) Francis Bacon said he preferred to believe 'all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.'60 Later, opponents of Epicureanism and advocates of the design argument were similarly certain...

...philosophy is secular and rationalistic, he makes an eloquent and apparently sincere disclaimer of unbelief. "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind. ... A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds...

...silence at the stars. WALT WHITMAN (1819-921. US poet. When 1 Heard the Leam'd Astronomer. ATHEISM 1 I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a Mind. FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Atheism" (1597-1625)....

...stay for an answer." Or on death: "Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark." Or on atheism: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." Consider the opening line of the essay on gardens, in lighter vein but bearing again that touch of...

...43. Ibid., p. 164. 44. Ibid. 45. Ibid. CHAPTER 11 On the Role of Natural Processes in the Creation God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. FRANCIS BACON 11.1 God is Natural Much of the reason for the scientific community's rejection of a...

...science alone will probably never be able to answer. XIII. Evolution and the Nature of the Miraculous God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. - Francis Bacon The word "miracle" means different things to different people. For some, it means a...