Some Mistakes of MosesC.P. Farrell, 1879 - 278 síður There was a time when a falsehood, fulminated from the pulpit, smote like a sword; but, the supply having greatly exceeded the demand, clerical misrepresentation has at last become almost an innocent amusement. Remembering that only a few years ago men, women, and even children, were imprisoned, tortured and burned, for having expressed in an exceedingly mild and gentle way, the ideas entertained by me, I congratulate myself that calumny is now the pulpit's last resort. The old instruments of torture are kept only to gratify curiosity; the chains are rusting away, and the demolition of time has allowed even the dungeons of the Inquisition to be visited by light. The church, impotent and malicious, regrets, not the abuse, but the loss of her power, and seeks to hold by falsehood what she gained by cruelty and force, by fire and fear. Christianity cannot live in peace with any other form of faith. If that religion be true, there is but one savior, one inspired book, and but one little narrow grass-grown path that leads to heaven. Such a religion is necessarily uncompromising, unreasoning, aggressive and insolent. Christianity has held all other creeds and forms in infinite contempt, divided the world into enemies and friends, and verified the awful declaration of its founder -- a declaration that wet with blood the sword he came to bring, and made the horizon of a thousand years lurid with the fagots' flames.....Robert Green Ingersoll |
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... 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 . At present , a good many men engaged in scien- 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 . At present , a good many men engaged in scien- 28 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
Síða 38
... neither . Why should a son who has examined a subject , throw away his reason and adopt the views of his mother ? Is not such a course dishonorable to both ? We must remember that this " ancestor " argu- ment 38 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... neither . Why should a son who has examined a subject , throw away his reason and adopt the views of his mother ? Is not such a course dishonorable to both ? We must remember that this " ancestor " argu- ment 38 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
Síða 42
... reason to test it by the laws of nature , or the facts of observation and experience . To do this , we are told , is to put ourselves above the word of God , and sit in judgment on the works of our creator . For my part , I cannot admit ...
... reason to test it by the laws of nature , or the facts of observation and experience . To do this , we are told , is to put ourselves above the word of God , and sit in judgment on the works of our creator . For my part , I cannot admit ...
Síða 53
... reason , you will become an unbeliever , and unbelievers will be lost . If you disobey , you will do so through vain pride and curiosity , and will , like Adam and Eve , be thrust from paradise forever ! " For my part , I care nothing ...
... reason , you will become an unbeliever , and unbelievers will be lost . If you disobey , you will do so through vain pride and curiosity , and will , like Adam and Eve , be thrust from paradise forever ! " For my part , I care nothing ...
Síða 54
... by threats of hell , and promises of heaven . Let us examine a portion of this book , not in the darkness of our fear , but in the light of reason . [ * And first , let us examine the account given 54 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... by threats of hell , and promises of heaven . Let us examine a portion of this book , not in the darkness of our fear , but in the light of reason . [ * And first , let us examine the account given 54 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
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