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 viii
... the only guide 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 .
... the only guide 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 .
Síða ix
... Nature's perfect self . These myths were born of hopes , and fears , and tears , and smiles , and they were touched and colored by all there is of joy and grief between the rosy dawn of birth , and death's sad night . They clothed even ...
... Nature's perfect self . These myths were born of hopes , and fears , and tears , and smiles , and they were touched and colored by all there is of joy and grief between the rosy dawn of birth , and death's sad night . They clothed even ...
Síða 28
... Nature , no 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 ...
... Nature , no 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 ...
Síða 29
... Nature will outrank the " sacred " falsehoods of the past , and when a single fact will outweigh all the miracles of Holy Writ . Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to ...
... Nature will outrank the " sacred " falsehoods of the past , and when a single fact will outweigh all the miracles of Holy Writ . Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to ...
Síða 42
... nature , or the facts of observation and experience . To do this , we are told , is to put ourselves above the word of God , and sit in judgment on the works of our creator . For my part , I cannot admit that belief is a volun- tary ...
... nature , or the facts of observation and experience . To do this , we are told , is to put ourselves above the word of God , and sit in judgment on the works of our creator . For my part , I cannot admit that belief is a volun- tary ...
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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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