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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Robert G. Ingersoll. - Perhaps the bible was inspired upon the subject of human slavery . Is there , in the civilized world , to - day , a clergyman who believes in the divinity of slavery ? Does the bible teach man to enslave his ...
Robert G. Ingersoll. - Perhaps the bible was inspired upon the subject of human slavery . Is there , in the civilized world , to - day , a clergyman who believes in the divinity of slavery ? Does the bible teach man to enslave his ...
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... bible as we do all other books , we would admire its beauties , treasure its worthy thoughts , and account for all its absurd , grotesque and cruel things , by saying that its authors lived in rude , barbaric times . But we are told ...
... bible as we do all other books , we would admire its beauties , treasure its worthy thoughts , and account for all its absurd , grotesque and cruel things , by saying that its authors lived in rude , barbaric times . But we are told ...
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... bible , and inducing all to desert the sublime standard of reason . These orthodox ministers do not add to the sum of knowledge . They produce nothing . They live upon alms . They hate laughter and joy . They officiate at weddings ...
... bible , and inducing all to desert the sublime standard of reason . These orthodox ministers do not add to the sum of knowledge . They produce nothing . They live upon alms . They hate laughter and joy . They officiate at weddings ...
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... bible is no better than some other books , and worse than most . You can hardly expect a bishop to leave his palace , or the pope to vacate the Vatican . As long as people want popes , plenty of hypocrites will be found to take the ...
... bible is no better than some other books , and worse than most . You can hardly expect a bishop to leave his palace , or the pope to vacate the Vatican . As long as people want popes , plenty of hypocrites will be found to take the ...
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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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