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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... 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 extermination were right , and that there was a time when men could win the approbation of ...
... 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 extermination were right , and that there was a time when men could win the approbation of ...
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... for man , the only torch in Nature's night . These claims are so at variance with every known recorded fact , so palpably absurd , that every free , unbiased soul is forced to raise the standard of revolt VIII PREFACE .
... for man , the only torch in Nature's night . These claims are so at variance with every known recorded fact , so palpably absurd , that every free , unbiased soul is forced to raise the standard of revolt VIII PREFACE .
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... facts , and makes a bargain that he will deny them if he does . Such is the position of a protestant minister in this Nineteenth Century . His condition excites my pity ; and to better it , I am going to do what little I can . Some of ...
... facts , and makes a bargain that he will deny them if he does . Such is the position of a protestant minister in this Nineteenth Century . His condition excites my pity ; and to better it , I am going to do what little I can . Some of ...
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... fact and demonstration . It is a part of their business to malign and vilify the Voltaires , Humes , Paines , Humboldts , Tyndals , Hæckels , Darwins , Spencers , and Drapers , and to bow with uncovered heads before the murderers ...
... fact and demonstration . It is a part of their business to malign and vilify the Voltaires , Humes , Paines , Humboldts , Tyndals , Hæckels , Darwins , Spencers , and Drapers , and to bow with uncovered heads before the murderers ...
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... fact inconsistent with that book , so much the worse for the fact , and especially for the discoverer of the fact . He must not corrupt the minds of his pupils with demonstrations . He must beware of every truth that cannot , in some ...
... fact inconsistent with that book , so much the worse for the fact , and especially for the discoverer of the fact . He must not corrupt the minds of his pupils with demonstrations . He must beware of every truth that cannot , in 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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