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 13
... will give us a palm in the next , and that we must allow some priest to be the pilot of our souls . Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book. SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . Chapter Page I SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES,
... will give us a palm in the next , and that we must allow some priest to be the pilot of our souls . Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book. SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . Chapter Page I SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES,
Síða 15
... priests and nobles , tell the ignorant and superstitious - that is to say , the people , that the religion of their country was given to their fathers by God himself ; that it is the only true religion ; that all others were conceived ...
... priests and nobles , tell the ignorant and superstitious - that is to say , the people , that the religion of their country was given to their fathers by God himself ; that it is the only true religion ; that all others were conceived ...
Síða 16
... priests and nobles will not allow the people to change ; and when , after a time , the priests , having intellectually advanced , wish to take a step in the direction of progress , the people will not allow them to change . At first ...
... priests and nobles will not allow the people to change ; and when , after a time , the priests , having intellectually advanced , wish to take a step in the direction of progress , the people will not allow them to change . At first ...
Síða 18
... priests , the better ministers they are supposed to be . They must show that misery fits the good for heaven , while happiness prepares the bad for hell ; that the wicked get all their good things in this life , and the good all their ...
... priests , the better ministers they are supposed to be . They must show that misery fits the good for heaven , while happiness prepares the bad for hell ; that the wicked get all their good things in this life , and the good all their ...
Síða 27
... priest and professor above the reason of mankind , we shall reap but little benefit from church or school . Instead of dismissing professors for finding some- thing out , let us rather discharge those who do not . Let each teacher ...
... priest and professor above the reason of mankind , we shall reap but little benefit from church or school . Instead of dismissing professors for finding some- thing out , let us rather discharge those who do not . Let each teacher ...
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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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