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better than that upon which the supposed author- 

 ity of the Book of Genesis rests, will not trouble 

 himself further with these theologies, but will 

 confine his attention to sijch arguments against 

 the view he holds as are based upon purely 

 scientific data and by scientific data I do not 

 merely mean the truths of physical, mathematical, 

 or logical science, but those of moral and meta- 

 physical science. For by science I understand 

 all knowledge which rests upon evidence and 

 reasoning of a like character to that which claims 

 our assent to ordinary scientific propositions. And 

 if any one is able to make good the assertion that 

 his theology rests upon valid evidence and sound 

 reasoning, then it appears to me that such theology 

 will take its place as a part of science. 



The present antagonism between theology and 

 science does not arise from any assumption by the 

 men of science that all theology must necessarily 

 be excluded from science, but simply because 

 they are unable to allow that reason and morality 

 have two weights and two measures ; and that the 

 belief in a proposition, because authority tells you 

 it is true, or because you wish to believe it, which 

 is a high crime and misdemeanour when the sub- 

 ject matter of reasoning is of one kind, becomes 

 under the alias of " faith " the greatest of all 

 virtues when the subject matter of reasoning is of 

 another kind. 



The Bishop of Brechin said well the other 



