Religious beliefs of scientists : including over one hundred and forty hitherto unpublished letters on science and religion from eminent men of science / by Arthur H. Tabrum ; with an introduction by Rev. C.L. Drawbridge.

  • Tabrum, Arthur H.
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[1913]
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    free and unbiassed in their thinking, and who do not consider it to be a duty which they owe to some religious or anti-religious party, or theory, to obstinately maintain an unquestioning belief in the infallibility of grossly biassed, and wholly unsupported assertions, made by special pleaders, whether they be religious or anti- religious—irrespective of the fads. The true “freethinker” and the genuine “rationalist” is (not the man who unquestioningly adopts absurd anti-religious dogmas unsupported by evidence, but) the man who follows St. Paul’s advice and tests all things and holds fast that which is good. We assume that everyone who turns over these pages is a free and unbiassed seeker after truth, who adjusts his theories to the facts, irre- spective of whether they turn out to be what he wishes and expects, or not. The very surprising assertions circulated by the Rationalist Press Association and by other minor societies with the same bias against religion, on the subject of Comparative Religion, stimulated us to “ reflection and inquiry,” with the result that, in the interests of truth, we have issued “ Mythic Christs and the True ” (6d. net), and “ Pagan Christs ” (3d. net), by Rev. Dr. W. St. Clair Tisdall, M.A., late James Long Lecturer on Oriental Religions; also “Christian and Pagan Parallels” (6d. net), by W. IT H. Nash.1 !Our publications may be obtained from Messrs. Hunter and Longhurst, 9, Paternoster Row, E.C., and from any bookseller.