Some day he will triumph. . . . But it is not fair to say that he causes all things now. It is not fair to make out a case against him. You have been misled. It is a theologian's folly. God is not absolute; God is finite. ... A finite God who struggles... The Works of H.G. Wells - Página 501por Herbert George Wells - 1926 - 10 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Herbert George Wells - 1916 - 470 páginas
...They have been extravagant about God. They have had silly absolute ideas — that He is all powerful. That He's omni-everything. But the common sense of...them to amuse Himself — I would spit in his empty J il*» • • * * " Any one would. . . ." "But it's your teachers and catechisms have set you against... | |
| May Sinclair - 1917 - 386 páginas
...that he must let them happen. " Or why do they happen ? " Mr. Wells, like Mr. Schiller, tells us why. "'No,' said Mr. Britling; 'it is the theologians who...amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face. . . .' " (Mr. Britling Sees It Through, p. 397.) If Mr. Britling had left it " at that " we might have... | |
| May Sinclair - 1917 - 392 páginas
...that he mvst let them happen. " Or why do they happen ? " Mr. Wells, like Mr. Schiller, tells us why. "'No,' said Mr. Britling; 'it is the theologians who...— doing them to amuse himself — I would spit in hie empty face. . . .' " (Mr. Britling Sees It Through, p. 397.) If Mr. Britling had left it " at that... | |
| May Sinclair - 1917 - 394 páginas
...is Christ, not God Almighty ; a poor mocked and wounded God nailed on a cross of matter. . . . Rome day he will triumph. . . . But it is not fair to say...amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face. . . .' " (Mr. Britling Sees li Through, p. 397.) If Mr. Britling had left it " at that " we might have... | |
| William Archer - 1917 - 174 páginas
...God. They have had silly, absolute ideas — that he is all powerful. That he's omni-everything. . . . Why! if I thought there was an omnipotent God who...amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face" (p. 406). would be as inscrutable as ever, but the Invisible King, instead of dropping in with a certain... | |
| May Sinclair - 1917 - 396 páginas
...omnipotent God who looked down on battles and deaths and all the waste and horror of this war — ahle to prevent these things — doing them to amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face. . . .'" (Mr. Britling Sees It Through, p. 397.) If Mr. Britling had left it " at that " we might have... | |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - 1920 - 510 páginas
...struggle in our weak and silly way — who is with us — that is the essence of all real religion. If I thought there was an omnipotent God who looked...them to amuse himself, I would spit in his empty face " (Mr. Britling sees it Through, p. 397). A finite God who struggles with man can alone satisfy these... | |
| Henry Holt - 1920 - 470 páginas
...Wells is quite as direct and more biting. "Why!" he says in the person of his double, Mr. Britling, "if I thought there was an omnipotent God who looked...amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face." Nor is this reaction limited to laymen, although the fact that the literary output on the subject is... | |
| Max Carl Otto - 1924 - 344 páginas
...Wells is quite as direct and more biting. "Why," he says in the person of his double, Mr. Britling, "if I thought there was an omnipotent God who looked...amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face." This reaction is not limited to laymen, although the fact that the literary output on the subject is... | |
| Max Carl Otto - 1924 - 452 páginas
...Wells is quite as direct and more biting. "Why," he says in the person of his double, Mr. Britling, "if I thought there was an omnipotent God who looked...amuse himself — I would spit in his empty face." This reaction is not limited to laymen, although the fact that the literary output on the subject is... | |
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