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 27
... truth he may discover , and that his salary will not be reduced , simply because he finds that the ancient Jews did not know the entire history of the world . Besides , it is not fair to make the Catholic SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 27.
... truth he may discover , and that his salary will not be reduced , simply because he finds that the ancient Jews did not know the entire history of the world . Besides , it is not fair to make the Catholic SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 27.
Síða 28
... truth . Let us 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 ...
... truth . Let us 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 ...
Síða 29
... truths of Nature will outrank the " 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 ...
... truths of Nature will outrank the " 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 ...
Síða 30
... hearers brave and honest thinkers , then , and not until then , will the dream of poet , patriot , philanthropist and philosopher , become a real and blessed truth . I III . THE POLITICIANS . WOULD like also to 30 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
... hearers brave and honest thinkers , then , and not until then , will the dream of poet , patriot , philanthropist and philosopher , become a real and blessed truth . I III . THE POLITICIANS . WOULD like also to 30 SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES .
Síða 35
... , and inherit vices and virtues , truths and prejudices . If we had been born in England , sur- rounded by wealth and clothed with power , most of us would have been Episcopalians , and believed in Church MAN And Woman,
... , and inherit vices and virtues , truths and prejudices . If we had been born in England , sur- rounded by wealth and clothed with power , most of us would have been Episcopalians , and believed in Church MAN And Woman,
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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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