Speculative hypotheses face a contradiction: they need more proof than less controversial ones, yet often the absence of convincing evidence is the reason why speculation is necessary.
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The Wisdom of Carl
Many of the early colonists had come to America fleeing religious persecution, although some of them were perfectly happy to persecute other people for their beliefs.
Christians believe that God causes the rain to fall on the good and the wicked alike. They believe God in person, incarnated as a man, commanded them to love one another. Why then have they continued throughout history to hate and kill others? Why does it never seem to occur to them that they are not doing their own God’s will, and can have no hope therefore of salvation.
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