Excerpt from Theology of Evolution: A Lecture
The task, my friends, which I have before me this evening, is, as you can readily understand, one of considerable difficulty. I cannot pretend to do anything more in the short time allowed to us, than give a very slight sketch of what can be positively affirmed from the scientific standpoint with regard to the theories which constitute the theologies of the present day.
In the outset, for the sake of clearness, I would make a distinction between theology and religion. Religion, as conceived by the popular mind, includes three very diverse classes of subjects. One of these classes is the theoretical part -the attempted explanation of the order of things, the why and how things are, and the whereunto they tend.
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