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Subject: Re: Another Augustine quotation
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> In Augustine's book "De Libero Arbitrario" (which is mostly about
> the problem of evil and free will) he spends chapter 21 of book 3
> talking about the origin of a human's soul. He mentions four
> different theories, and says that he has no strong evidence for
> any of them. He then goes on to say that it is not a matter of
> importance for the Christian:
>
> "So what does it matter to me if I do not know when I began to exist,
> since I know that I exist now, and I do not despair of existing in the
> future? There is no great harm done if I have false beliefs about the
past,
> since the past is of no concern to me; I direct my course toward what I am
> going to be, guided by the mercy of my Creator."
>
> from page 113 of
>
> Augustine: On Free Choice of the Will
> translated by Thomas Williams
> Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 1993
>
I am sure there is a certain wisdom in these words and that's why I have
never said here that you have to believe in a literal six days to be saved.
I happen to believe them, and in the Flood and Babel and a lot of other
stuff but I am not dogmatic about them.
Uncle Davey
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