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title: 'Credulity: As Illustrated by Impostures in Science, Gross Superstitions, and Fanaticism'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James Madison MacDonald'
date: 1843-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Reason'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 14'
- 'Matthew 7'
- 'John 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/macdonald-1843-credulity-as-illustrated-by-impostures-in-science-gross-superstitions-and-fanaticism
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# Credulity: As Illustrated by Impostures in Science, Gross Superstitions, and Fanaticism

An essay diagnosing credulity: how love of novelty, religious instinct, and neglect of evidence foster superstition, fanaticism, and scientific imposture. Advocates reasoned faith.

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