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Originally Posted by raeanna74
Yeah, wow. That will take me a while to read. I've not read stuff like that in a while and I rarely get time to read ONE single magazine page let alone a single page of stuff like that. I got it to read though.
To jump start me do you mind at least giving a definition of what you consider Natural Religion?? The term for me conjures up images of nature worship and such. I'm guessing it's more than that though. Thanks
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Hume is moderately difficult to read. The Dialogues can probably be read in a weekend, though, if you don't have a lot else to do.
By natural religion, I mean religion that we are able to infer from the way things are in nature, without appeal to any sort of "revealed" text. Hence, the contrast between "natural" and "revealed" religion. I personally think it's important to look at the actual world before looking to a book for insights about that world: the words of the book must correspond to reality, not the other way around.
I hope the conclusion to your inquiry, whatever it may be, is as satisfying as my conclusion.
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