Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 06 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1613
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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But perchance some one dares--for this remains for frantic madness to do--to be uncertain, and to express doubt whether that God exists or not; whether He is believed in on the proved truth of reliable evidence, or on the imaginings of empty rumour. For of those who have given themselves to philosophizing, we have heard that some [3294] deny the existence of any divine power, that others [3295] inquire daily whether there be or not; that others [3296] construct the whole fabric of the universe by chance accidents and by random collision, and fashion it by the concourse of atoms of diff…
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- Christian Classics Ethereal Library — ANF06 UTF-8 text
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