“Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”

—  John Adams

Entry of 13 February 1756 in Charles Francis Adams, The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes, and Illustrations vol. 2 (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850) 4, Google Books, 13 December 2010, web http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BGYFAAAAQAAJ&amp;pg=PA5&amp;dq=%2215+sunday+staid+at+home%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=YJlsU4u-FsPBOKu3gaAI&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&amp;q=%2215%20sunday%20staid%20at%20home%22&amp;f=false <br class="br">1750s, Diaries (1750s-1790s) <br class="br">Context: Major Greene this evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the argument he advanced was, &quot;that a mere creature or finite being could not make satisfaction to infinite justice for any crimes,&quot; and that &quot;these things are very mysterious.&quot;<br>Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.

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