| The Varieties of Religious Experience Contributor(s): James, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162711450 ISBN-13: 9781162711454 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 9.25" W x 7.52" (1.55 lbs) 410 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Abstractly, it would seem illogical to try to measure the worth of a religion's fruits in merely human terms of value. How CAN you measure their worth without considering whether the God really exists who is supposed to inspire them? If he really exists, then all the conduct instituted by men to meet his wants must necessarily be a reasonable fruit of his religion--it would be unreasonable only in case he did not exist. If, for instance, you were to condemn a religion of human or animal sacrifices by virtue of your subjective sentiments, and if all the while a deity were really there demanding such sacrifices, you would be making a theoretical mistake by tacitly assuming that the deity must be non-existent. |