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The Pragmatic and the Evidential

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On believing beyond the evidence. Immoral? Irrational?


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  1. Ingvar Odegaard Avatar
    Ingvar Odegaard

    At the end:
    “30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
    31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.”
    Dr. Luke’s gospel, chapter 16:19-31

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    Ingvar Odegaard

    A strong word of rebuke
    25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
    26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
    27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
    Dr. Luke’s gospel, the last chapter 24:13-53
    Fools and slow hearts coupled to belief.
    “Fools” is strong medicine,
    Keep in mind:
    “21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
    22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
    The gospel of the tax collector, Matthew, chapter 5

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