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 v
... absurd and unjust laws , and thousands of ideas inconsistent with known and demonstrated facts . To me it seemed almost a crime to teach that this record was written by inspired . men ; that slavery , polygamy , wars of conquest and ...
... absurd and unjust laws , and thousands of ideas inconsistent with known and demonstrated facts . To me it seemed almost a crime to teach that this record was written by inspired . men ; that slavery , polygamy , wars of conquest and ...
Síða viii
... absurd , grotesque and cruel things , by saying that its authors lived in rude , barbaric times . But we are told that it was written by inspired men ; that it contains the will of God ; that it is perfect , pure , and true in all its ...
... absurd , grotesque and cruel things , by saying that its authors lived in rude , barbaric times . But we are told that it was written by inspired men ; that it contains the will of God ; that it is perfect , pure , and true in all its ...
Síða ix
... absurd . We find , in all these records of the past , philosophies and dreams , and efforts stained with tears , of great and tender souls who tried to pierce the mystery of life and death , to answer the eternal questions of the Whence ...
... absurd . We find , in all these records of the past , philosophies and dreams , and efforts stained with tears , of great and tender souls who tried to pierce the mystery of life and death , to answer the eternal questions of the Whence ...
Síða 18
... absurd these things may appear to the carnal mind , they must be preached and they must be believed . If they were reasonable , there would be no virtue in believing . Even the publicans and sin- ners believe reasonable things . To ...
... absurd these things may appear to the carnal mind , they must be preached and they must be believed . If they were reasonable , there would be no virtue in believing . Even the publicans and sin- ners believe reasonable things . To ...
Síða 21
... of faith . As a rule , they know nothing of this world , and far less of the next ; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear . SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 21.
... of faith . As a rule , they know nothing of this world , and far less of the next ; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear . SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 21.
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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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