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 ix
... born of hopes , and fears , and tears , and smiles , and they were touched and colored by all there is of joy and grief between the rosy dawn of birth , and death's sad night . They clothed even the stars with passion , and gave to gods ...
... born of hopes , and fears , and tears , and smiles , and they were touched and colored by all there is of joy and grief between the rosy dawn of birth , and death's sad night . They clothed even the stars with passion , and gave to gods ...
Síða 13
... born of ignorance and fear , to do away with the blind wor- ship of the ignoble past , with the idea that all the great and good are dead , that the living are totally depraved , that all pleasures are sins , that sighs and groans are ...
... born of ignorance and fear , to do away with the blind wor- ship of the ignoble past , with the idea that all the great and good are dead , that the living are totally depraved , that all pleasures are sins , that sighs and groans are ...
Síða 19
... born ; that we ought to be damned with- out the least delay ; that we are so infamous that we like to enjoy ourselves ; that we love our wives and children better than our God ; that we are generous only because we are vile ; that we ...
... born ; that we ought to be damned with- out the least delay ; that we are so infamous that we like to enjoy ourselves ; that we love our wives and children better than our God ; that we are generous only because we are vile ; that we ...
Síða 33
... born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe , and lovingly built the dun- geons of the Inquisition . All laws defining and punishing blasphemy - making it a crime to give your honest ideas about the bible , or to ...
... born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe , and lovingly built the dun- geons of the Inquisition . All laws defining and punishing blasphemy - making it a crime to give your honest ideas about the bible , or to ...
Síða 35
... , and inherit vices and virtues , truths and prejudices . If we had been born in England , sur- rounded by wealth and clothed with power , most of us would have been Episcopalians , and believed in Church MAN And Woman,
... , and inherit vices and virtues , truths and prejudices . If we had been born in England , sur- rounded by wealth and clothed with power , most of us would have been Episcopalians , and believed in Church MAN And Woman,
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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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