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Subject: Re: Another Augustine quotation
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> Uncle Davey wrote:
>
> > news:cov1r0024b8@drn.newsguy.com...
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> Only dogma can make you believe in those things, against the background
> of the overwhelming evidence that they did not happen.
>
> Tom
Not really. To me there is a structure of thought and internal corroboration
that makes the whole of my system which is coherent to me, and answers
questions that other systems cannot to my satisfaction.
Uncle Davey
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