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Excerpt from The Work of the Open Court Publishing Co The God-conception here presented is that of the God of Science, not of nescience. The author combats agnosticism and the God here preached is not that unknowable being whose existence can not be proved and whose nature is a logical impossibility. The God of science is that principle which constitutes the cosmic order of natural law, and which in the religious development of mankind is discovered as the authority of conduct. He is a God whose existence even the atheist can not deny. One reader who looks upon religion as a huge aberration of the human mind said to the author: "People will say that the book is written by an atheist," and the author replied, "I would make no objection if they only modify the statement by saying 'written by an atheist who loves God.'" The author claims that his God is the only true God, and that other God-conceptions, especially the traditional views of the churches are only surrogates, which did service so long as the truth was not yet forthcoming. The author calls this new and scientific doctrine of God "theonomy" which bears the same relation to theology as does astronomy to astrology. Reviews "Paul Carus is a clear thinker. His book is stimulating. We have read every word of it with unflagging interest. It helps one greatly in thinking about the mystery of all mysteries, the mystery of God." - Universalist Leader. "A clear statement of a modern view which is neither pantheistic nor personal." - Religious Education. Dr. Carus' work on "God" is one of the finest and most helpful books on the subject we have seen. It is written in a clear, forceful style, and in a broad, sympathetic spirit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.