The Varieties of Religious Experience (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781162711454)

Abstractly, it would seem illogical to try to measure the worth of a religion's fruits in merely human terms of value. How CAN you measure their worth without considering whether the God really exists who is supposed to inspire them? If he really exists, then all the conduct instituted by men to meet his wants must necessarily be a reasonable fruit of his religion--it would be unreasonable only in case he did not exist. If, for instance, you were to condemn a religion of human or animal sacrifices by virtue of your subjective sentiments, and if all the while a deity were really there demanding such sacrifices, you would be making a theoretical mistake by tacitly assuming that the deity must be non-existent.

Author: William James
ISBN-10: 1162711450
ISBN-13: 9781162711454
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 410
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 7.52h x 9.25w x 0.84d