Some Mistakes of MosesCosimo, Inc., 1. jan. 2009 - 272 síður As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. First published in 1879, this audaciously titled volume is a collection of short essays challenging the concept of biblical inerrancy. Focusing on the first five books of the Bible, once popularly believed to have been written by Moses, Ingersoll highlights the savageries, absurdities, injustices, and scientific inaccuracies of the writings considered noble and true by so many. As enjoyable a read as it is a provocative one, this is the lost classic of a true American original. |
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Síða 16
... first , the rabble are enslaved by the priests , and afterwards the rabble become the masters . One of the first things I wish to do , is to free the orthodox clergy . I am a great friend of theirs , and in spite of all they may say ...
... first , the rabble are enslaved by the priests , and afterwards the rabble become the masters . One of the first things I wish to do , is to free the orthodox clergy . I am a great friend of theirs , and in spite of all they may say ...
Síða 38
... first people who had a religion ; and if this doctrine is true , we ought now to be believers in that first religion . In other words , we would all be barbarians . You can- not show real respect to your parents by perpetuating their ...
... first people who had a religion ; and if this doctrine is true , we ought now to be believers in that first religion . In other words , we would all be barbarians . You can- not show real respect to your parents by perpetuating their ...
Síða 45
... ? How could these characters span the vast chasm dividing the present from the past , and make it possible for the living still to hear the voices of the dead ? V. THE PENTATEUCH . Τ HE first five books in SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 45.
... ? How could these characters span the vast chasm dividing the present from the past , and make it possible for the living still to hear the voices of the dead ? V. THE PENTATEUCH . Τ HE first five books in SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 45.
Síða 46
Robert G. Ingersoll. TH E PENTATEUCH. HE first five books in our bible are known as the Pentateuch. For a long time it was supposed that Moses was the author, and among the ignorant the supposition still prevails. As a matter of fact, it ...
Robert G. Ingersoll. TH E PENTATEUCH. HE first five books in our bible are known as the Pentateuch. For a long time it was supposed that Moses was the author, and among the ignorant the supposition still prevails. As a matter of fact, it ...
Síða 50
... gave to the Jews what the Egyptians had given him ? The Egyptian priests taught first , that a god created the original matter , leaving it in a state of chaos ; second , that a god moulded it into 50 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... gave to the Jews what the Egyptians had given him ? The Egyptian priests taught first , that a god created the original matter , leaving it in a state of chaos ; second , that a god moulded it into 50 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
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TUESDAY | 63 |
WEDNESDAY | 67 |
THE Garden | 121 |
THE FALL | 128 |
DAmpness | 138 |
BACCHUS AND BABEL | 169 |
FAITH IN FILTH | 176 |
THE HEBREWS | 181 |
THE PLAGUES | 190 |
THE FLIGHT | 210 |
THURSDAY | 72 |
HE MADE THE STARS Also | 81 |
FRIDAY | 84 |
SATURDAY | 87 |
LET US MAKE MAN | 92 |
SUNDAY ΙΟΙ XV THE NECESSITY FOR A GOOD MEMORY | 108 |
CONFESS AND AVOID | 241 |
INSPIRED SLAVERY | 245 |
INSPIRED Marriage | 250 |
INSPIRED War | 253 |
INSPIRED RELIGIOUS LIBERTY | 256 |
CONCLUSION | 262 |
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