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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... ideas and facts which are not commonly known . I have also given considerable attention to the harmony existing between science and religion , and the reader is especially requested to notice all through the work the harmony existing ...
... ideas and facts which are not commonly known . I have also given considerable attention to the harmony existing between science and religion , and the reader is especially requested to notice all through the work the harmony existing ...
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... ideas to the scientific world that they also may become convinced . There is of necessity a great deal of collateral knowledge all along the line , but all this knowledge comes in to establish the grand central truth that Jesus is the ...
... ideas to the scientific world that they also may become convinced . There is of necessity a great deal of collateral knowledge all along the line , but all this knowledge comes in to establish the grand central truth that Jesus is the ...
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... idea of the distances of the stars . Thus , leaving the Sun out of the question , we find the next nearest star ( Alpha Centauri ) is situated at a distance which light requires three and a half years to traverse . Alpha Centauri is ...
... idea of the distances of the stars . Thus , leaving the Sun out of the question , we find the next nearest star ( Alpha Centauri ) is situated at a distance which light requires three and a half years to traverse . Alpha Centauri is ...
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... idea of the spectacle produced by Saturn , a huge ball 70,000 miles in diameter , traveling through the depths of space with a velocity of 21,000 miles an hour . But suppose we could be placed stationary in space , say at a distance of ...
... idea of the spectacle produced by Saturn , a huge ball 70,000 miles in diameter , traveling through the depths of space with a velocity of 21,000 miles an hour . But suppose we could be placed stationary in space , say at a distance of ...
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... ideas - memory of words . 36. Causality , Applying causes to effect - originality . 37. Comparison , Inductive reasoning - analysis - illustration . C. Human Nature , Perception of character and motives . D. Agreeableness , Pleasantness ...
... ideas - memory of words . 36. Causality , Applying causes to effect - originality . 37. Comparison , Inductive reasoning - analysis - illustration . C. Human Nature , Perception of character and motives . D. Agreeableness , Pleasantness ...
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.