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 25
... possible value. Most of them are married, have families, and know but one way of making their living. Some of them say that if they do not preach these foolish dogmas, others will, and that they may through fear, after all, restrain ...
... possible value. Most of them are married, have families, and know but one way of making their living. Some of them say that if they do not preach these foolish dogmas, others will, and that they may through fear, after all, restrain ...
Síða 28
... is asked to look with his own eyes , to reason for himself without fear , to investigate in every possible direction , and to bring us the fruit of all his work . 1 At present , a good many men engaged in 28 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... is asked to look with his own eyes , to reason for himself without fear , to investigate in every possible direction , and to bring us the fruit of all his work . 1 At present , a good many men engaged in 28 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
Síða 35
... possible titles . All other names belittle us , and show that we have , to a certain extent , given up our individuality , and have consented to wear the collar of authority - that we are followers . Throwing away these names , let us ...
... possible titles . All other names belittle us , and show that we have , to a certain extent , given up our individuality , and have consented to wear the collar of authority - that we are followers . Throwing away these names , let us ...
Síða 45
... dead? How could these characters span the vast chasm dividing the present from the past, and make it possible for the living still to hear the voices of the dead? TH E PENTATEUCH. HE first five books in our bible. SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES.
... dead? How could these characters span the vast chasm dividing the present from the past, and make it possible for the living still to hear the voices of the dead? TH E PENTATEUCH. HE first five books in our bible. SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES.
Síða 49
... possible only by giving new meanings to old words , a process rendered necessary by the continual acquisition of facts somewhat incon- sistent with a literal interpretation of the " sacred records . " In this way an honest faith often ...
... possible only by giving new meanings to old words , a process rendered necessary by the continual acquisition of facts somewhat incon- sistent with a literal interpretation of the " sacred records . " In this way an honest faith often ...
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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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