The Bible of BiblesThere isn't just one Bible: there are many sacred books to be found all over the globe that claim to be the word of God, that purport to offer the only true path to eternal life, and that name all disbelievers in them as infidels. But they can't all be right, and in this foundational work of modern atheism, American spiritualist KERSEY GRAVES (1813-1883) lays out, in clear, concise, often mocking terms, the basis for denying the divine inspiration of all of them. Discover. . seven obscure Oriental Bibles . the "infidels" Bible . the moral defects of the Ten Commandments . unfulfilled Bible prophecies . errors in Bible facts and figures . 277 Bible contradictions . heathen customs appropriated by God . the impossibility of a person God . and much more. This is essential reading for students of comparative mythology and modern freethinkers. Also available from Cosimo: Graves's The Biography of Satan and The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors |
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... Inspiration of God " ................. 301 Character of the Voters Who Decided What Scriptures Should Be Considered Inspired ..... .303 Additions , Alterations and Interpolations . .305 Forged Gospels and Epistles ....... .306 Lost ...
... Inspiration of God " ................. 301 Character of the Voters Who Decided What Scriptures Should Be Considered Inspired ..... .303 Additions , Alterations and Interpolations . .305 Forged Gospels and Epistles ....... .306 Lost ...
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... inspired . 2 . All were claimed to be an embodiment of wisdom and knowledge far transcending the ordinary attainments of man . 3. All were penned by inspired men , who were shielded from the possibility of erring while writing them . 4 ...
... inspired . 2 . All were claimed to be an embodiment of wisdom and knowledge far transcending the ordinary attainments of man . 3. All were penned by inspired men , who were shielded from the possibility of erring while writing them . 4 ...
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... inspired utterances of very ancient and holy saints and prophets , known as Rishis , who received them directly from the mouth of the great God Brahma about nine thousand years ago , after they had existed in his mind from all eternity ...
... inspired utterances of very ancient and holy saints and prophets , known as Rishis , who received them directly from the mouth of the great God Brahma about nine thousand years ago , after they had existed in his mind from all eternity ...
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... inspired . " Never has the theory of inspiration , ” says Mr. Amberly , " been pushed to such extremes as in the case of the Vedas . They were believed by some to be the direct creation of Brahma , " while the hymns which accompany them ...
... inspired . " Never has the theory of inspiration , ” says Mr. Amberly , " been pushed to such extremes as in the case of the Vedas . They were believed by some to be the direct creation of Brahma , " while the hymns which accompany them ...
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... inspired book , and “ may be classed , " says Mr. Allen , “ with the Hindu Scriptures . " It treats of the war in Heaven , in which the dragon , or serpent - devil , was cast to the earth . To put an end to his ravages here , the Savior ...
... inspired book , and “ may be classed , " says Mr. Allen , “ with the Hindu Scriptures . " It treats of the war in Heaven , in which the dragon , or serpent - devil , was cast to the earth . To put an end to his ravages here , the Savior ...
Contents
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Seven Other Oriental Bibles | 36 |
The Jewish Bible | 42 |
General Analogies of Bibles | 45 |
An Erroneous Doctrine | 195 |
DeathBed Repentance | 196 |
An Erroneous Doctrine | 199 |
Evils of the Belief in | 202 |
An Immoral Doctrine | 205 |
An Erroneous Doctrine | 209 |
Bible Errors Respecting | 213 |
A Personal God Impossible | 216 |
One Hundred and Twentythree Errors in the Jewish | 51 |
Numerous Absurdities in the Story of the Deluge | 65 |
Ten Foolish Bible Stories | 72 |
Bible Prophecies Not Fulfilled | 91 |
Two Hundred and Seventyseven Bible Contradictions | 101 |
Two Hundred Cases of Obscene Language in the Bible | 121 |
Holy Mountains Lands Cities and Rivers | 127 |
Chapter 28 Character of Moses | 135 |
Character of David Solomon and Lot | 146 |
Its Nature Harmlessness and Origin | 158 |
New Testament Errors | 178 |
Our Duties are All Recorded in the Bible of Nature | 181 |
A Divine Revelation Adverse to Human Progress | 183 |
Primeval Innocency of Man Not True | 184 |
Original Sin and Fall of Man Not True | 186 |
Moral Depravity of Man a Delusion | 188 |
Free Agency and Moral Accountability Erroneous | 191 |
Chapter 45 Evil Natural and Moral Explained | 218 |
A Rational View of Sin and Its Consequences | 223 |
The Bible Sanctions Every Species of Crime | 227 |
Theft or Robbery | 230 |
The Evil of Intemperance | 231 |
Slaveholding | 234 |
Chapter 48 The Immoral Influence of the Bible | 242 |
Chapter 50The Bible as a Moral Necessity | 251 |
Send No More Bibles to the Heathen | 257 |
The Three Christian Plans of Salvation | 283 |
The True Religion Defined | 298 |
Infidelity in Oriental Nations | 311 |
Chapter 57Sects Schisms and Skeptics in Christian Countries | 319 |
Character of the Christian God | 335 |
Character and Erroneous Doctrines of the Apostles Apostles | 343 |
Idolatrous Veneration for Bibles | 354 |
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Page 14 - I look on a world of sinners and sufferers, upon death-beds and graveyards, upon the world of woe, filled with hosts to suffer forever ; when I see my friends, my parents, my family, my people, my fellow-citizens; when I look upon a whole race, all involved in this sin and danger ; and when I see the great mass of them wholly unconcerned ; and when I feel that God only can save them, and yet He does not do it, — I am struck dumb. It is all dark, dark, dark, to my soul ; and I cannot disguise it.