These men are
In revolt
against the kind of religion which we exhibit to the world--against
the cant that is taught in the name of Christianity. And if the
men that have never seen the real thing--if you could show them
that, they would receive it as eagerly as you do. They are merely
in revolt against the imperfections and inconsistencies of those
who represent Christ to the world.
Second: BEG THEM TO SET ASIDE, BY AN ACT OF WILL, ALL UNSOLVED
PROBLEMS: such as the problem of the origin of evil, the problem
of the Trinity, the problem of the relation of human will and
predestination, and so on--problems which have been investigated for
thousands of years without result--ask them to set those problems
aside as insoluble. In the meantime, just as a man who is studying
mathematics may be asked to set aside the problem of squaring the
circle, let him go on with what can be done, and what has been
done, and leave out of sight the impossible.
You will find that will relieve the skeptic's mind of a great deal
of
Unnecessary cargo
that has been in his way.
Thirdly: TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULTIES, AS A RULE, ONLY AGGRAVATES
THEM.
Entire satisfaction to the intellect is unattainable about any of
the greater problems, and if you try to get to the bottom of them
by argument, there is no bottom there; and therefore you make
the matter worse.
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