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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... liberty ? Modern christians , ashamed of the God of the Old Testament , endeavor now to show that slavery was neither commanded nor opposed by Jehovah . -from " Inspired ' Slavery " PREFACE . F OR many years I have regarded the.
... liberty ? Modern christians , ashamed of the God of the Old Testament , endeavor now to show that slavery was neither commanded nor opposed by Jehovah . -from " Inspired ' Slavery " PREFACE . F OR many years I have regarded the.
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... XXV . " INSPIRED " SLAVERY , XXVI . " INSPIRED " Marriage , 241 245 250 XXVII . " INSPIRED " War , XXVIII . " INSPIRED " RELIGIOUS LIBERTY , XXIX . CONCLUSION , 253 256 262 HE WHO ENDEAVORS TO CONTROL THE MIND BY FORCE IS CONTENTS .
... XXV . " INSPIRED " SLAVERY , XXVI . " INSPIRED " Marriage , 241 245 250 XXVII . " INSPIRED " War , XXVIII . " INSPIRED " RELIGIOUS LIBERTY , XXIX . CONCLUSION , 253 256 262 HE WHO ENDEAVORS TO CONTROL THE MIND BY FORCE IS CONTENTS .
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... liberty . They should , at least , permit him to tell the truth . They have , in Massachusetts , at a place called Andover , a kind of minister factory , where each . professor takes an oath once in five years - that time being ...
... liberty . They should , at least , permit him to tell the truth . They have , in Massachusetts , at a place called Andover , a kind of minister factory , where each . professor takes an oath once in five years - that time being ...
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... liberty will be accorded to these men , until finally ministers will give their best and highest thoughts . The congregations will finally get tired of hearing about the patriarchs and saints , the miracles and wonders , and will insist ...
... liberty will be accorded to these men , until finally ministers will give their best and highest thoughts . The congregations will finally get tired of hearing about the patriarchs and saints , the miracles and wonders , and will insist ...
Síða 33
... liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church . Wherever the bible and sword are in partnership , man is a slave . All laws for the purpose of making man worship God , are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the ...
... liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church . Wherever the bible and sword are in partnership , man is a slave . All laws for the purpose of making man worship God , are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the ...
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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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