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"I know of no answer," he quaintly adds, "that could be called satisfactory from a theistic standpoint." It is evident that Mr.
It thus appears that the Maitreyi-brahmana is concerned with the highest Brahman only; and this confirms the conclusion that Brahman only, and with it Prakriti as ruled by Brahman, is the cause of the world. Here terminates the adhikarana of 'the connexion of sentences. The claims raised by the atheistic Sankhya having thus been disposed of, the theistic Sankhya comes forward as an opponent.
'Now, considering the enormous complication of the facts, the Theistic inference will, to put it at the lowest, always have its place, always command respect. The man of science may not adopt it, but by no advance of science that I, at any rate, can foresee, can it be driven out of the field. 'Christianity is in a totally different position.
But assuming that we have got back to a point prior to the existence of the universe, we have on the theistic theory, not two factors, but only one. The essential condition for an act of causation is lacking. A single factor could only repeat itself. By this method the theist might reach "God." But having got there, there he would remain.
The Rev. Dr. Martineau, speaking as a theistic philosopher, accurately delineated the boundaries of religion and morality, proceeded to show the untenableness of these two extreme positions, and nobly vindicated the complete autonomy or independence of ethics, whether of theological or scientific doctrines.
I had nothing left of the old faith save belief in "a God," and that began slowly to melt away. The Theistic axiom: "If there be a God at all He must be at least as good as His highest creature," began with an "if," and to that "if" I turned my attention.
In the much discussed contest about the problem of miracles, clearer results would certainly have been attained, if one had questioned more closely what the record of the Christian religion means by miracles, and what position, according to it, these miracles have to take in the order of the world and in the divine plan of salvation; and after having satisfied himself as to this position, had further asked what position they take in reference to our exact science and our theistic view of the world.
Viewed philosophically, the question only is, Which is the better supported hypothesis of the two? We have only to say that the Darwinian system, as we understand it, coincides well with the theistic view of Nature.
The "theistic" evolutionist, who believes that God at various times "helped out" the forces residing in matter, by creating something new, is inclined to say that at each of these points, the origin of the first sentient animal, the origin of the first vertebrate, and of the first mammal, God by his omnipotence caused a new type to originate.
But forasmuch as the final act of purifying the conception of Deity consists, according to Mr. Fiske, in expressly removing these particular attributes from the object of that conception, does it not follow that the conception which remains is, as I have said, not theistic, but non-theistic? Here my criticism might properly have ended, were it not that Mr.
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