It takes the average reader 1 hour and 17 minutes to read The Proof of God's Existence by Douglass H. Bartley
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Five Epistles in rhymed couplets set in iambic pentameter, including: the Proof of God's Existence, Christ's Sermon on the Mount, The Apostle's Creed, and The Our Father. Illustrations featuring Thomas Cole and others from the Hudson River School and others still. Sampler:Epistle 1: The Proof of God's Existence 1 (230 lines).Ye Gods of Science: Haste!, to reason, fly! Lest tyrant, Madame Hubris, blind thine eyes.The Anarch Chance hath sapp'd thy wits.Hap bangs, self-mintage account not a whit.Make haste, end affair soiling all thy gains.Molt cocksure plume, the ordure of big brains.“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”.Let meekness guide thee safely in pride's stead.And understand, please, there must needs be hereMuch more than objects of sense, matter mere.Muse on it, thy reflection will assessMaterialism crass guide you'll soon love less.If there be doubt, consider please anew,From gentle censure, this we plead to you:Here proofs of God's existence thee to sift,Which, if no more, persuasion's burden shiftTo ye agnosticks, scepticks, cav'lers still,We offer the Angelic Doctor's Bill;Particulars his, set precis in form,Hark! Oyez! Lo!: Aquin's exordium,His a posterioris, from effect, cause.When effect's better perceiv'd than the cause,We learn causation via consequences.If effect exist, some cause predispenses.Here demonstrations quia, five anent:First Motion, next Efficient Cause present'd,Necessary and Possibles augment'd,Perfection and Gradations fourth averr'd,Intelligent Design he fifth inferr'd.Neglect we not the other proofs devis'dTwo ontologicals, a prioris.From Anselm first, and second ala' Descartes.From cause to effect reasonings impartAnd one from conscience Newman had assay'dEight short refreshers that ought you persuade.* * *Epistle 2: The Realm of Reason (209 lines).Epistle 3: The Realm of Faith (236 lines).Epistle 4: The Realm of Faith (continued) (246 lines).Epistle 5: The Enemies of Faith (298 lines).
The Proof of God's Existence by Douglass H. Bartley is 76 pages long, and a total of 19,456 words.
This makes it 26% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 46 minutes to read The Proof of God's Existence aloud.
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