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(1964) Faith and the philosophers, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
It may happen to a person that he realizes, with surprise perhaps, that he cannot help believing in God. This realization may come upon him suddenly, or it may dawn on him gradually over a period of time. He may or may not be able to recall some particular experience from which this belief-state appears to have resulted. If he can recall such an experience, he will probably prefer not to talk about it except to intimate friends, or not even to them. But at any rate his present condition is that he cannot help believing in God. He would not wish to give up this belief, even if he thought it psychologically possible for him to do so. It is the most precious possession that he has, and far from wishing to give it up, he would wish anyone else to be in a similar condition.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-81670-5_1
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Price, H. H. (1964)., Faith and belief, in J. Hick (ed.), Faith and the philosophers, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-25.
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