> > "For we must remember that the materialist philosophy (whether true or > not) is certainly much more limiting than any religion. In one sense, of > course, all intelligent ideas are narrow. They cannot be broader than > themselves. A Christian is only restricted in the same sense that an > atheist is restricted. He cannot think Christianity false and continue to > be a Christian; the atheist cannot think atheism false and continue to be > an atheist. > > But, as it happens, there is a very special sense in which materialism has > more restrictions than spiritualism… The Christian is quite free to believe > that there is a considerable amount of settled order and inevitable > development in the universe, but the materialist is not allowed to admit > into his spotless machine the slightest speck of spiritualism or miracle. > The Christian admits that the universe is manifold and even miscellaneous, > just as a sane man knows that he is complex. But the materialist’s world is > quite simple and solid… The materialist is sure that history has been > simply and solely a chain of causation…" >
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