The Origin of Creation; Or, the Science of Matter and Force, by T.R. Fraser and A. Dewar. Or, the Science of Matter and Force, by T.R. Fraser and A. Dewar - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXX. ATOMAGNBTISM AND RELIGION. Religion not affected by Atomagnetism--The inherent life in atoms and the spontaneous development of the mind, seem grand arguments for the Materialist--The movements of Planets and Comets--The great machinery of the universe--What need of a God?--Man fancies himself a Monarch--No animal intelligence his superior--Only a parasite--Chained to the earth--On a level with his dog--Matter existed without properties--Who endowed it with them?--Divine mind of man--Magnetism not God--How simple miracles must be to Him who formed and holds the key of natural law--Insignificance of man. As Religion may be considered to be affected by the system of science promulgated in the previous chapters, we have reserved our remarks on the connexion between them for a concluding chapter. It may seem, to many readers, that we supply arguments from which the materialist could still further advance his cause. When we say that matter is possessed of inherent life, and that this life is capable of forming any production on earth spontaneously, according to the nature, condition, and position of the materials commingling, not only in the mineral and vegetable kingdom, but in the animal kingdom as well, it appears a most astounding assertion. But when we state that the same atomic matter spontaneously produces the mind, not only in the unintellectual animal but in man, and that those wonderful instinctive powers which seem to baffle the wisdom of man, in the bee and the beaver, are only manifestations of the same power inherent in the atoms of matter; might not the infidel exclaim, what mora do we want? Furthermore, if the power of matter controls and governs the universe, guides the planets in their course, steers the comets in their erratic w...

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