This extract from Chesterton has little sense without what precedes and follows.
2013/3/16 Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> > "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…" >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Alberto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
