Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith: Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith: Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity
In the late Victorian era, when scientific materialism threatened to sweep away traditional certainties, Robert Patterson mounted a vigorous defense of faith. This is not fire-and-brimstone revivalism but something more ambitious: a reasoned, often elegant argument that disbelief fails to answer the deepest questions of existence. Patterson turns to nature itself as his evidence. The human eye, with its inexplicable complexity. The intricate balance of the cosmos. He interrogates the emerging theories of evolution and asks: can something this ordered emerge from chaos? Can matter explain itself? He challenges the atheist claim that the universe is eternal and self-created, arguing instead that design demands a designer, purpose demands a purposer. For modern readers, the book serves as a fascinating historical document, revealing how an educated 19th-century mind engaged with the very same faith-and-science tensions that still divide us today.
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Patterson, Robert. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith: Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity. Lex, lex-books.com/book/fables-of-infidelity-and-facts-of-faith-being-an-examination-of-the-evidences-of-85185f7b-0eec-4681-adec-e32d78ed5d97.Patterson, R. (n.d.). Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith: Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/fables-of-infidelity-and-facts-of-faith-being-an-examination-of-the-evidences-of-85185f7b-0eec-4681-adec-e32d78ed5d97Patterson, Robert. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith: Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity. Lex. https://lex-books.com/book/fables-of-infidelity-and-facts-of-faith-being-an-examination-of-the-evidences-of-85185f7b-0eec-4681-adec-e32d78ed5d97.
