Excerpt from Religion, What and Why?: Or God=x Another word in very common use among theologians in dealing with the God question is the word creation here, again, a strict definition is needed. Sir William Hamilton says Discussions on Philosophy, p. 609) When aware of a new appearance, We are utterly unable to conceive that therein has originated any new existence, and are, therefore, constrained to think that what now appears to us under a new form, had previously an existence under others - others conceivable by us or ...
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Excerpt from Religion, What and Why?: Or God=x Another word in very common use among theologians in dealing with the God question is the word creation here, again, a strict definition is needed. Sir William Hamilton says Discussions on Philosophy, p. 609) When aware of a new appearance, We are utterly unable to conceive that therein has originated any new existence, and are, therefore, constrained to think that what now appears to us under a new form, had previously an existence under others - others conceivable by us or not. These others (for they are always plural) are called its cause; and a cause, or more properly causes, we cannot but suppose. For a cause is simply everything, without which the effect W 1uld not result, and all such concurring the effect cannot but result. We are utterly unable to construe it in thought as possible that the complement of existence has been either increased or diminished. We cannot conceive, on the one hand, nothing becoming something, or, on the other, some thing becoming nothing. The words creation and destruction have no value, except as applied to phenomena. You may destroy a sovereign by melting, but you do not destroy the metal. You may dissolve the metal gold, but you have only destroyed the condition, not the substance. Creation and destruction are the loosely-worded equivalents for change. 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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