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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... born in Turkey , most of us would have been Mohammedans and believed in the inspiration of the Koran . We should have believed that Mohammed actually visited Heaven and became acquainted with an angel by the name of Gabriel , who was so ...
... born in Turkey , most of us would have been Mohammedans and believed in the inspiration of the Koran . We should have believed that Mohammed actually visited Heaven and became acquainted with an angel by the name of Gabriel , who was so ...
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... born in India , we should in all probability have believed in the religion of that country . We should have regarded the old records as true and sacred , and looked upon a wandering priest as better than the men from whom he begged ...
... born in India , we should in all probability have believed in the religion of that country . We should have regarded the old records as true and sacred , and looked upon a wandering priest as better than the men from whom he begged ...
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... born ; to admit that their fathers were utterly mistaken , and that the 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 ...
... born ; to admit that their fathers were utterly mistaken , and that the 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 ...
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... same theories the same year that Mr. Darwin was born . Now , if we have sufficient courage , we will , by the same course of reasoning , account for the story of creation found in the bible . We will say SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 51.
... same theories the same year that Mr. Darwin was born . Now , if we have sufficient courage , we will , by the same course of reasoning , account for the story of creation found in the bible . We will say SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 51.
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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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