Boothe is not talking to the unconvinced, but to the plain Christian who is already persuaded by experience and his best reason. If I were an atheist, I would love the Bible, just as I love the Iliad, though I am no pagan.ĭr. Here I am confronted with a first-rate mind using a maximally Biblical argument and my soul rejoices! There is a place for minimal cases from philosophy, but one must never forget the sheer beauty, force, and truth of the Bible. The Bible (as usual) saves us from narrowness being written over thousands of years to many different people. He escapes the attempt in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century to get rid of the Jewish elements of the Faith and turn Christianity into “Greek” thought. Boothe ties Jesus to Judaism and the Jewish prophets, something that counts when you recall what was coming in the nineteenth century.
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