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 18
... matter how absurd these things may appear to the carnal mind , they must be preached and they must be believed . If they were reasonable , there would be no virtue in believing . Even the publicans and sin- ners believe reasonable ...
... matter how absurd these things may appear to the carnal mind , they must be preached and they must be believed . If they were reasonable , there would be no virtue in believing . Even the publicans and sin- ners believe reasonable ...
Síða 27
... matter how much truth he may discover , and that his salary will not be reduced , simply because he finds that the ancient Jews did not know the entire history of the world . Besides , it is not fair to make the Catholic SOME MISTAKES ...
... matter how much truth he may discover , and that his salary will not be reduced , simply because he finds that the ancient Jews did not know the entire history of the world . Besides , it is not fair to make the Catholic SOME MISTAKES ...
Síða 28
... matter where she leads ; to be infinitely true to himself and us ; to feel that he is without a chain , except the obligation to be honest ; that he is bound by no books , by no creed , neither by the sayings of the dead nor of the ...
... matter where she leads ; to be infinitely true to himself and us ; to feel that he is without a chain , except the obligation to be honest ; that he is bound by no books , by no creed , neither by the sayings of the dead nor of the ...
Síða 32
... matter with God . The people ought to be wise enough to select as their officers men who know something of political affairs , who comprehend the present greatness , and clearly perceive the future grandeur of our country . If we were ...
... matter with God . The people ought to be wise enough to select as their officers men who know something of political affairs , who comprehend the present greatness , and clearly perceive the future grandeur of our country . If we were ...
Síða 46
... matter of fact , it seems to be well settled that Moses had nothing to do with these books , and that they were not written until he had been dust and ashes for hundreds of years . But , as all the churches still insist that he was the ...
... matter of fact , it seems to be well settled that Moses had nothing to do with these books , and that they were not written until he had been dust and ashes for hundreds of years . But , as all the churches still insist that he was 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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