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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... existed , they have destroyed each other to the exact extent of their power . Why should a believer in God hate an atheist ? Surely the atheist has not injured God , and surely he is human , capable of joy and pain , and entitled to all ...
... existed , they have destroyed each other to the exact extent of their power . Why should a believer in God hate an atheist ? Surely the atheist has not injured God , and surely he is human , capable of joy and pain , and entitled to all ...
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... existed many ages before the art of writing was discovered , and must have passed through many changes before the stories , miracles , histories , prophesies and mis- takes became fixed and petrified in written words . After that ...
... existed many ages before the art of writing was discovered , and must have passed through many changes before the stories , miracles , histories , prophesies and mis- takes became fixed and petrified in written words . After that ...
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... existed . Nothing can be clearer than that Moses received from the Egyptians the principal parts of his narra- tive , making such changes and additions as were necessary to satisfy the peculiar superstitions of his own people . If some ...
... existed . Nothing can be clearer than that Moses received from the Egyptians the principal parts of his narra- tive , making such changes and additions as were necessary to satisfy the peculiar superstitions of his own people . If some ...
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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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