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
... tell every teacher to ascertain all the facts he can - to 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 ...
... tell every teacher to ascertain all the facts he can - to 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 ...
Síða 42
... have had the kindness to advise me that , if my object is to make converts , I am pursuing the wrong course . They tell me to use gentler expressions , and more cunning words . Do they really wish me 42 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... have had the kindness to advise me that , if my object is to make converts , I am pursuing the wrong course . They tell me to use gentler expressions , and more cunning words . Do they really wish me 42 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
Síða 43
... tell me how my influence could be increased . It may be , that upon this principle John Bright advises America to adopt free trade , so that our country can become a successful rival of Great Britain . Sometimes I think that even ...
... tell me how my influence could be increased . It may be , that upon this principle John Bright advises America to adopt free trade , so that our country can become a successful rival of Great Britain . Sometimes I think that even ...
Síða 44
... tell of joy and tears , the pictured history of the martyred Christ . The people fell upon their knees . The book was opened , and the priest read the messages from God to man . To the multi- tude , the book itself was evidence enough ...
... tell of joy and tears , the pictured history of the martyred Christ . The people fell upon their knees . The book was opened , and the priest read the messages from God to man . To the multi- tude , the book itself was evidence enough ...
Síða 47
... tell the Jews their origin than to enlighten them as to their destiny . We must remember that every tribe and nation has some way in which , the more striking phenomena of nature are accounted for . These accounts are handed SOME ...
... tell the Jews their origin than to enlighten them as to their destiny . We must remember that every tribe and nation has some way in which , the more striking phenomena of nature are accounted for . These accounts are handed SOME ...
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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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