Category: Philosophy & Ethics
IN the following pages the author has freely discussed the claims of the books called the Old and New Testaments, to be considered Divine revelations. He had a _right_ so to do; and in presenting the work to the public he gives the result of his exercise of such right.
IN the preceding chapter we have endeavored to ascertain the object of Christ's coming into the world, but without being able to arrive at any positive conclusion. As it respect...
23. CHAPTER I.WHATEVER may have been the moral character of the Jews, as a nation, at the time the reputed Messiah came among them, the priests and the people not only expected his advent, bu...
22. chapter xviii.,) and make his own comments. The writer could as soonbelieve that the moon is a large cheese, suspended in the firmament, as give credit to this contemptible story. If it should be asked, how Moses obtained his information as to w...
16. CHAPTER IV. FROM THE BIRTH OF MOSES TO THE DEATH OF JOSHUATHIS chapter will put beyond dispute all connection between the Jehovah of Moses and the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe. Whoever drew the picture of Jehovah, as it is recorded...
18. CHAPTER VI. THE REIGNS OF SAUL, DAVID, AND SOLOMONSAMUEL, the last of the Judges of Israel, when very old, appointed his sons to judge the people--"But they took bribes and perverted judgment." The Israelites complained to Samu...
28. CHAPTER VII.THE reader will not fail to notice, that the personage known by the name of the Devil, Satan, &c., is treated of more fully than any other recorded in the Old or New Testament....
17. CHAPTER V. FROM THE DEATH OF JOSHUA TO THE REIGN OF SAULWE now come to the time when the Israelites were settled in the land of Canaan, Moses and Joshua being dead. This period of Bible history, from the death of Joshua to the time o...
13. CHAPTER I. FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGEFROM what has before been written, the reader is no doubt convinced, that the writer of this work does not believe the Bible to have any claim to divine authority; but is entire...
15. CHAPTER III. FROM THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES TO THE BIRTH OF MOSESTHE object to be accomplished in this chapter is, to show, from the Bible history itself, the folly and absurdity of admitting the Jehovah of the Bible to be the Supreme Ruler o...
24. CHAPTER III.PETER, of all the twelve apostles, seems to have been more in the confidence of Jesus than the rest; since when he and Peter were alone, his inquiry of Peter was as to what the...
25. CHAPTER IV.NOTHING can be more unreasonable than to admit, for a moment, that the Almighty Power which governs the vast unbounded universe, should be the author, either directly or indirec...
26. CHAPTER V.TAKING the Orthodox views of Christianity, there are four personages connected with divine revelation, and each has a different department to act out. The first three are the Fa...
31. chapter v., verse 33--"_Again, ye have heard that it hath been said bythem of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself but shall perform unto the Lord thine oaths. But I say unto you, swear not at all_" Verse 38--"_Ye have heard that it hath been...
2. CHAPTER IX.IN the following pages the author has freely discussed the claims of the books called the Old and New Testaments, to be considered Divine revelations. He had a _right_ so to do;...
12. CHAPTER IX.--Object of Christ's coming into the world, uncertain and ofdoubtful utility--His obvious omission to convince the Jews that he was the Messiah, and his neglect to order his apostles to write a history of his life, show the Christian Rel...
14. CHAPTER II. A REVIEW OF THE DELUGE AND THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES AT THETO destroy all mankind by drowning, because of their wickedness, seems to us a strange reason; for, when we attentively consider it, we are compelled to conclude that the Jewish...
19. CHAPTER VII. THE REIGN OF JEROBOAM, AND THE SEPARATION OF ISRAEL FROMREVIEWING the character of the three former Kings, two of whom gave Jehovah much trouble, and David, the best of them, committed adultery and murder, we must say, it was an unfo...
27. CHAPTER VI.TWO more remarkable cases will, in this chapter, be made known to the reader, to show that for hundreds of years the Devil, or rather the belief in his existence, was a source o...
20. chapter xxii.After the tribes were separated, it was common for the prophets to oppose each other. The kings, also, of each nation aided in the destruction of the prophets, and were worshipp...
21. CHAPTER VIII. ON DIVINE INSPIRATIONI INTENDED to conclude the review of the Old Testament by examining the passages supposed to be prophetical of Jesus Christ, and, as such, quoted by the writers of the New Testa...
29. CHAPTER VIII.AS this work is about to be concluded, it will be of importance to the reader that a comprehensive view be taken of the mission of Christ to the Jewish nation. In doing which, a...
30. chapter twenty-third as follows, "*YE SERPENTS! YE GENERATION OF VIPERS!HOW CAN YE ESCAPE THE DAMNATION OF HELL?*" In the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew, Jesus gives a long account of his second coming. How was it possible for the Jews to understa...
4. CHAPTER I.--Jesus the pretended Saviour of the world, not sent fromGod--Moses wrote the most minute things Connected with die system established by himself, but Jesus left no writings whatever---Vagueness and want of authenticity of the writing...
11. CHAPTER VIII.--Comprehensive view of the mission of Christ to the Jewishnation--Plan of redemption--Willingness of the Jews to welcome the long expected Messiah--The violence and abuse they received from Jesus--Their condition not improved by his co...
5. CHAPTER II.--Casting out Devils--The case of Mary Magdalene--Thedoctrine of demoniacal possession, a heathen dogma--Miracles of Jesus no proof of his Divine origin--Evidence from the New Testament that no miracles ever took place--Inconsiste...
8. CHAPTER V.--Orthodox views of Christianity--Remarks on the bad effectsof believing in the existence of the Devil, and in witchcraft, doctrines taught in the Bible--Trial and execution of two women for witchcraft in England, in 1664--Account of the...
3. CHAPTER VIII.--On Divine Inspiration.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.--Jehovah's dealings with the Jews--His failure to make them a pattern to the rest of the human family--The coming of Christ--The manner of his introduction...
6. CHAPTER III.--Peter--Disingenuous mode adopted by Jesus to prove his7. CHAPTER IV.--The Almighty Power that governs the universe not the author9. CHAPTER VI.--Continuation of remarks upon the supposed influence of10. CHAPTER VII.--God and the Devil--Probable origin of the belief in their1. CHAPTER VIII. ON DIVINE INSPIRATION