SECTION IX
Perpetuity
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ON the fact that the Christian religion is not the only religion.—So far is this from being a reason for believing that it is not the true one, that, on the contrary, it makes us see that it is so.
590
Men must be sincere in all religions; true heathens, true Jews, true Christians.
591
| J. C. | |||
| Heathens | Mahomet | ||
| \ | / | ||
| Ignorance of God. | |||
592
The falseness of other religions.—They have no witnesses. The Jews have. God defies other religions to produce such signs: Isaiah xviii. 9; xliv. 8.
593
History of China.―I believe only the histories, whose witnesses got themselves killed.
[Which is the more credible of the two, Moses or China?]
It is not a question of seeing this summarily. I tell you there is in it something to blind, and something to enlighten.
By this one word I destroy all your reasoning. "But China obscures," say you; and I answer, "China obscures, but there is clearness to be found; seek it."
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