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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... inspired of God ? If you find the institution of slavery upheld in a book said to have been written by God , what would you expect to find in a book inspired by the devil ? Would you expect to find that book in favor of liberty ? Modern ...
... inspired of God ? If you find the institution of slavery upheld in a book said to have been written by God , what would you expect to find in a book inspired by the devil ? Would you expect to find that book in favor of liberty ? Modern ...
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... 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 infinite Intelligence , Justice , and Mercy , by violating maidens and 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 infinite Intelligence , Justice , and Mercy , by violating maidens and by ...
Síða vii
... but one savior , one inspired book , and but one little narrow grass - grown path that leads to heaven . Such a religion is necessarily uncompromising , unreasoning , aggressive and insolent . Christianity has held all PREFACE . VII.
... but one savior , one inspired book , and but one little narrow grass - grown path that leads to heaven . Such a religion is necessarily uncompromising , unreasoning , aggressive and insolent . Christianity has held all PREFACE . VII.
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... inspired men ; that it contains the will of God ; that it is perfect , pure , and true in all its parts ; the source and standard of all moral and religious truth ; that it is the star and anchor of all human hope ; the only guide for ...
... inspired men ; that it contains the will of God ; that it is perfect , pure , and true in all its parts ; the source and standard of all moral and religious truth ; that it is the star and anchor of all human hope ; the only guide for ...
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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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