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 22
... miracles of the past , and denounce the sublime discoveries of to - day . They are compelled to attack all modern thought , to point out the dangers of science , the wickedness of investigation and the corrupting influence of logic . It ...
... miracles of the past , and denounce the sublime discoveries of to - day . They are compelled to attack all modern thought , to point out the dangers of science , the wickedness of investigation and the corrupting influence of logic . It ...
Síða 23
... miracles and wonders , and will insist upon knowing something about the men and women of our day , and the accomplishments and discoveries of our time . They will finally insist upon knowing how to escape the evils of this world instead ...
... miracles and wonders , and will insist upon knowing something about the men and women of our day , and the accomplishments and discoveries of our time . They will finally insist upon knowing how to escape the evils of this world instead ...
Síða 26
... of every truth that cannot , in some way be made to harmonize with the superstitions of the Jews . Science has nothing in common with religion . Facts and miracles never did , and never will agree . They are not FREE SCHOOLS,
... of every truth that cannot , in some way be made to harmonize with the superstitions of the Jews . Science has nothing in common with religion . Facts and miracles never did , and never will agree . They are not FREE SCHOOLS,
Síða 29
... miracles of Holy Writ . Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten , elevate and civil- ize mankind ? When every church becomes a school , every cathedral a SOME ...
... miracles of Holy Writ . Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten , elevate and civil- ize mankind ? When every church becomes a school , every cathedral a SOME ...
Síða 49
... miracles , histories , prophesies and mis- takes became fixed and petrified in written words . After that , change was possible only by giving new meanings to old words , a process rendered necessary by the continual acquisition of ...
... miracles , histories , prophesies and mis- takes became fixed and petrified in written words . After that , change was possible only by giving new meanings to old words , a process rendered necessary by the continual acquisition of ...
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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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