The Origin and Destiny of Man (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

H. W. Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331847303 ISBN 13 : 9781331847304

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Uncover the enduring question of what comes after life, and how faith, reason, and everyday experience support belief in immortality.

This book invites readers to weigh timeless questions about the soul, justice, and life beyond death. It presents both traditional arguments and personal experiences, offering a framework for thoughtful reflection without claiming certainty on every detail.

Through reasoned discussion, testimony from religious experience, and practical guidance for living with doubt, the book argues that belief in an enduring destiny can align with the realities of daily life. It encourages open inquiry, humility, and a steady pursuit of truth across science, history, and scripture.

• Explore why many thinkers have linked the desire for immortality with a rational expectation of continued existence.
• Consider empirical and phenomenal testimonies that people describe from religious life and near-spiritual experiences.
• See how doubt can coexist with faith, and how reading, study, and prayer fit into everyday practice.
• Discover guidance on handling uncertainty while staying committed to moral living and compassion.

Ideal for readers who seek a thoughtful, accessible look at life after death and how hope shapes living today.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Origin and Destiny of Man

The following discourses were delivered in the ordinary coarse of pastoral labors, and without the least thought that they should ever reach the public in print. Indeed, the first one was published before I knew that it had been reported. Their appearance in book form now is due to the request of those who heard them - a request that I could not well deny, and yet, knowing how imperfect the work must be, felt reluctant to grant. I could not revise them, beyond some mere verbal corrections, or the addition of an occasional sentence, without writing them entire, and then they would have ceased to be what they now honestly are, verbatim reports; and so I let them go to the world, word for word, as caught by the faithful stenographer. Anything like an exhaustive discussion of so large a subject was not possible in a few brief talks; nor was more attempted than to suggest outlines of thought, and in some measure to direct the thinking of those who came to hear.

As to the views here expressed, I can only say that they are such as have taken shape in my own mind as seeming to be most reasonable, and possibly nearest the truth. On many points I felt - and, feeling it, expressed - a sense of uncertainty. The dogmatists who know, or rather think they know, everything, will probably not find satisfaction in reading these pages. But those who, with myself, deeply conscious of the mystery of life, are glad to see at all, even though it be "through a glass darkly," may, I trust, find some thought or word to help them by the way.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331847303
• ISBN 13: 9781331847304
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
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