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 ix
... sacred books with profit and delight . With myth and fable we are ever charmed , and find a pleasure in the endless repetition of the beautiful , poetic , and absurd . We find , in all these records of the past , philosophies and dreams ...
... sacred books with profit and delight . With myth and fable we are ever charmed , and find a pleasure in the endless repetition of the beautiful , poetic , and absurd . We find , in all these records of the past , philosophies and dreams ...
Síða 15
... , for the purpose of being supported by the people , the priests and nobles declare this religion to be sacred , and that whoever adds to , or takes from it , will be burned here by man , and hereafter by God . SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 15.
... , for the purpose of being supported by the people , the priests and nobles declare this religion to be sacred , and that whoever adds to , or takes from it , will be burned here by man , and hereafter by God . SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 15.
Síða 29
... 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 enlighten , elevate and ...
... 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 enlighten , elevate and ...
Síða 37
... sacred , and looked upon a wandering priest as better than the men from whom he begged , and by whose labor he lived . We should have believed in a god with three heads instead of three gods with one head , as we do now . Now and then ...
... sacred , and looked upon a wandering priest as better than the men from whom he begged , and by whose labor he lived . We should have believed in a god with three heads instead of three gods with one head , as we do now . Now and then ...
Síða 39
... sacred records of their country are but collections of myths and fables. But when we look for a moment at the world, we find that each nation has its “sacred records”—its religion, and its ideas of worship. Certainly all cannot be right ...
... sacred records of their country are but collections of myths and fables. But when we look for a moment at the world, we find that each nation has its “sacred records”—its religion, and its ideas of worship. Certainly all cannot be right ...
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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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