...Christian, but only by the development of his original hallucinations. This is "easier to believe" than that " man was originally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an omnipotent God." But religion did not imply the working of conscience. This came by the operation of social instinct....

...of his ruin by the transgression and fall. From morals to religion is but a step. Mr. Darwin says " there is no evidence that man was originally endowed...ennobling belief in the existence of an Omnipotent God." We leave that assertion as a moot point, simply remarking, that we find greater difficulty respecting...

...novelty, for its own sake. Belief in God — "Religion. — There is no evidence that man was aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence...contrary there is ample evidence, derived not from hasty travellers, but from men who have long resided with savages, that numerous races have existed and still...

...origin of the belief in God. He says, vol. i, p. 65 — " There is no evidence that man was aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence...contrary there is ample evidence, derived not from hasty travellers, but from men who have long resided with savages, that numerous races have existed and still...

...novelty, for its own sake. Belief in God — Religion. — There is no evidence that man was aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an Omnipotent God. On the contrary, 80 ' The Spectator,' Dec. 4, 1869, p. 1430. tlxere is ampie evidence, derived not from hasty travellers,...

...point ? Darn-in. " Belief in God," my Lord ; " Reliffwn. There is no evidence that man was aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence...contrary, there is ample evidence derived, not from hasty travellers, but from men who have long resided with savages, that numerous races have existed, and...

...the early records of the Jews, we see a people who, unquestionably, at a very remote period, were " endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an Omnipotent God," casting this belief aside, and falling under the influence of the impure superstitions of the nations...

...the early records of the Jews, we see a people who, unquestionably, at a very remote period, were " endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an Omnipotent God," casting this belief aside, and falling under the influence of the impure superstitions of the nations...

...intellects that ever lived." He says (i., p. 65), " There is no evidence that man was aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an Omnipotent God." What is aboriginally? Certainly the earliest records we have of human beliefs present this belief to...

...argument for man's evolution from the brute is that there is no evidence of his having been'aboriginally endowed with the ennobling belief in the existence of an omnipotent God.' It seems more than doubtful, in the process of developed ideas and beliefs assigned to him, whether...