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 28
... give us light , to follow 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 ...
... give us light , to follow 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 ...
Síða 32
... give his opinion as to the inspiration of the bible , the propriety of infant baptism , or the immaculate conception . All these things are private and personal . He should be allowed to settle such things for himself , and should he ...
... give his opinion as to the inspiration of the bible , the propriety of infant baptism , or the immaculate conception . All these things are private and personal . He should be allowed to settle such things for himself , and should he ...
Síða 33
... give your honest ideas about the bible , or to laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Jews , or to enjoy yourself on the Sabbath , or to give your opinion of Jehovah , were passed by impudent bigots , and should be at once repealed by ...
... give your honest ideas about the bible , or to laugh at the ignorance of the ancient Jews , or to enjoy yourself on the Sabbath , or to give your opinion of Jehovah , were passed by impudent bigots , and should be at once repealed by ...
Síða 36
... give us in place of that angel ? We cannot afford to give up an angel of that size for nothing . " We would have insisted that the best and wisest men believed 36 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... give us in place of that angel ? We cannot afford to give up an angel of that size for nothing . " We would have insisted that the best and wisest men believed 36 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
Síða 39
... give up the religion in which they were 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 ...
... give up the religion in which they were 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 ...
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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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