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 20
... called Andover , a kind of minister factory , where each . professor takes an oath once in five years - that time being considered the life of an oath - that he has not , during the last five years , and will not , during the next five ...
... called Andover , a kind of minister factory , where each . professor takes an oath once in five years - that time being considered the life of an oath - that he has not , during the last five years , and will not , during the next five ...
Síða 36
... name of Gabriel , who was so broad between the eyes that it required three hundred days for a very smart camel to travel the distance . If some man had denied this story we should probably have denounced him as a dangerous person , one ...
... name of Gabriel , who was so broad between the eyes that it required three hundred days for a very smart camel to travel the distance . If some man had denied this story we should probably have denounced him as a dangerous person , one ...
Síða 40
... called soothsayers , seers , charmers , prophets , enchanters , sorcerers , wizards , astrologers , and impostors , but now , they are known as cler- gymen . We are no exception to the general rule , and consequently have our sacred ...
... called soothsayers , seers , charmers , prophets , enchanters , sorcerers , wizards , astrologers , and impostors , but now , they are known as cler- gymen . We are no exception to the general rule , and consequently have our sacred ...
Síða 42
... word . We must believe that the book is inspired . If we obey its every pre- cept without believing in its inspiration we will be damned just as certainly as though we disobeyed its every word . We have no right to weigh it in the ...
... word . We must believe that the book is inspired . If we obey its every pre- cept without believing in its inspiration we will be damned just as certainly as though we disobeyed its every word . We have no right to weigh it in the ...
Síða 47
... word in the Pentateuch. Probably at that early day God did not deem it important to make a revelation as to the eternal destiny of man. He seems to have thought that he could control the Jews, at least, by rewards and punishments in ...
... word in the Pentateuch. Probably at that early day God did not deem it important to make a revelation as to the eternal destiny of man. He seems to have thought that he could control the Jews, at least, by rewards and punishments in ...
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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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