God and the World - A Survey of Thought

The Project Gutenberg EBook of God and the World, by Arthur W. Robinson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: God and the World A Survey of Thought Author: Arthur W. Robinson Release Date: December 19, 2009 [EBook #30709] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOD AND THE WORLD *** Produced by Al Haines This is one of a series of evidential books drawn up at the instance of the Christian Evidence Society. GOD AND THE WORLD A SURVEY OF THOUGHT BY ARTHUR W. ROBINSON, D.D., Warden of the College of Allhallows Barking With a Prefatory Note by SIR OLIVER LODGE LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C., 43 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C. BRIGHTON: 129 NORTH STREET NEW YORK: E. S. GORHAM 1913 CONTENTS PAGE PREFATORY NOTE 5 INTRODUCTION 7 I. THE OLDER ORTHODOXY 13 II. THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY 21 III. THEOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES 27 IV. THE COUNTER-ARGUMENTS 37 V. THE COUNTER-ARGUMENTS (continued) 46 VI. THE COUNTER-ARGUMENTS (continued) 53 VII. LATER SCIENCE 68 VIII. LATER SCIENCE (continued) 76 IX. LATER SCIENCE (continued) 87 NOTE 94 CONCLUSION 98 {5} PREFATORY NOTE I have read what Dr.