Science and ReligionCosimo, Inc., 2006 M09 1 - 344 pages Unlike the many works written in recent years attempting to reconcile faith with reason, this bizarre but fascinating 1905 book aims to merge religion with pseudoscience. This odd amalgam of nonsense brings together... . a very basic astronomer primer, with an emphasis on the bodies of the zodiac and their alleged influence over humanity . an examination of the principles of phrenology, the idea that the shape of the head can be interpreted to determine personality and temperament . a discussion of the convergence between phrenology and astrology . the horoscopes of Jesus Christ and Adam themselves . and more. American author BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LOOMIS (1857-1935) was a graduate of the American Institute of Phrenology. He also wrote Pictorial History of the Lassen Volcano (1926). |
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... light of DAY . I have believed from the start that God is the spirit of the Uni- verse ; and therefore a knowledge of Astronomy and of Astrology , when combined with the Word of God , which has been revealed to us by the holy men in all ...
... light of DAY . I have believed from the start that God is the spirit of the Uni- verse ; and therefore a knowledge of Astronomy and of Astrology , when combined with the Word of God , which has been revealed to us by the holy men in all ...
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... light , perpetually changing and twinkling ; others , again , with a more constant one - more tranquil and soft ; while very many only send us their rays intermittently , as if they could scarce pierce the profundity of space . In ...
... light , perpetually changing and twinkling ; others , again , with a more constant one - more tranquil and soft ; while very many only send us their rays intermittently , as if they could scarce pierce the profundity of space . In ...
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... light affords us a convenient one . Light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles in a second of time ; and by using this as a measuring rod we can form a better idea of the distances of the stars . Thus , leaving the Sun out of the ...
... light affords us a convenient one . Light travels at the rate of 186,000 miles in a second of time ; and by using this as a measuring rod we can form a better idea of the distances of the stars . Thus , leaving the Sun out of the ...
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... light traverses in a second ? This distance is an abyss to our imagination . But suppose we could grasp , as in a bird's - eye view , this distance ; let us associate it with the short duration of a second ; and then let us imagine that ...
... light traverses in a second ? This distance is an abyss to our imagination . But suppose we could grasp , as in a bird's - eye view , this distance ; let us associate it with the short duration of a second ; and then let us imagine that ...
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... Sun , revolving round him in orbits nearly circular , and receiving from him the light which renders them visible to us . The planets may again be divided into three principle groups . The smaller planets , 16 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
... Sun , revolving round him in orbits nearly circular , and receiving from him the light which renders them visible to us . The planets may again be divided into three principle groups . The smaller planets , 16 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
Contents
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Part IVIntroductory Remarks | 85 |
家家 | 95 |
64 | 128 |
44 | 142 |
64 | 165 |
VIIThe Domain of Christ | 213 |
Benjamin F Loomis | 318 |
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Page 318 - And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Page 215 - In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Page 84 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page 337 - Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Page 242 - Let not sin therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof; neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin ; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Page 241 - But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Page 221 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.