he answers the question "is Jesus God" with I don't know but I expect I'll find out soon enough.
Pretty sure that's what I just quoted.
I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his divinity; tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and I think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble.
None of them rejected god, but most of them rejected Christian dogma and mysticism.
The last part is extremely germane to the conversation, though.
I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that belief has the good consequence, as it probably has, of making his doctrines more respected and better observed; especially as I do not perceive that the Supreme takes it amiss, by distinguishing the unbelievers in his government of the world with any particular marks of his displeasure.
It shows the pragmatic utility he found in the Christian faith, in keeping the population virtuous, regardless of the truth of it.
he answers the question "is Jesus God" with I don't know but I expect I'll find out soon enough.
Pretty sure that's what I just quoted.
I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his divinity; tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and I think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble.
None of them rejected god, but most of them rejected Christian dogma and mysticism.