Meditation 1105 some mistakes of moses dedication and preface by. Ingersoll was an extremely popular humanist orator in the late nineteenth century, and he wrote mistakes of moses after many bootlegged versions of his speeches had been published and circulated. I want to do what little i can to make my country truly free, to broaden the intellectual horizon of our people, to destroy the prejudices born of ignorance and fear, to do away with the blind worship of the ignoble past, with the idea that all the great and good are dead, that. Full playlist found at this is a lecture from the book lectures of robert g. Buy some mistakes of moses by ingersoll, robert green isbn.
Jan 22, 2010 this is a lecture from the book lectures of robert g. A god of passion, of hatred, of revenge, of affection, of repentance. Ingersoll passionately believed that the alleged divine origins of the bible were not sufficient reason for a suspension of critical judgement. Please sign in to the discussion forum below, or alternatively, use the contact page to provide your comments for publication. Mistakes of moses by robert green ingersoll free ebook. Investigation is regarded as a dangerous experiment, and the ministers are some mistakes of moses. It is unknown for when moses died, but they know the age he died, i did some research and it turns out he was 120 years old when he died. Robert ingersoll wrote a long and detailed essay entitled some mistakes of moses. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. According to moses, god made up his mind not only to destroy the people, but the beasts and the creeping things, and the fowls of the air. Some mistakes of moses, one of the most popular of these lectures, is a critical examination of the pentateuch the first five books of the bible. Written in a casual style, it is a light read about a deep subject. Jan 10, 2019 they are not allowed to read and think for themselves. Trieste publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles.
Similarly, i often meet people who seem to think that before our century, just about everyone in the world was christian. They are taught like parrots, and the best are those who repeat, with the fewest mistakes, the sentences they have been taught. Full text of some mistakes of moses internet archive. Theologians have filled thousands of volumes with abuse of this serpent, but it seems that he told the exact truth. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and. Ingersoll was an extremely popular humanist orator in the late nineteenth. They sit like owls upon some dead limb of the tree of knowledge, and hoot the same old hoots that have been hooted for eighteen hundred years. Ingersolls stereotyped lecture entitled some mistakes of moses the report of this speech in the chicago tribune of march 24th, has laughter eightyone times.
In mistakes of moses, through a close, literal reading of the pentateuch, he challenges biblical stories using science, logic and morality. The destroyer of weeds, thistles and thorns, is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not. Some mistakes of moses by robert green ingersoll overdrive. The book is easily approached by the laymen, but detailed enough to appeal to the informed reader. Or you can dismiss until our next donations drive typically at the beginning of october. And i am convinced that at least some of us must join that battle using the same techniques as colonel ingersoll used. For a long time it was supposed that moses was the author, and among the ignorant the supposition still prevails. God told moses to take a rod, the one with which he struck the river and go and strike the rock and water will come out of it and the people will drink.
With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance. Ingersoll goes into so much detail about the topics he covers that it would be nearly impossible to retain a belief in the bible as wholly true, something id never thought id say, as i know how powerful belief can be. For many years i have regarded the pentateuch simply as a record of a barbarous people, in which are found a great number of the ceremonies of savagery, many absurd and unjust laws, and thousands of ideas inconsistent with known and demonstrated facts. Ingersolls mistakes about moses gravel hill church of christ. Book given to james branch cabell by beatrice houdini, from her collection. Jun 25, 2019 other than jesus, moses might be the most wellknown character from the bible. A gilt lettered quote on the back says this is the only correct edition of some mistakes of moses, r. Contents, preface some mistakes of moses free schools the politicians man and woman the pentateuch. He who endeavors to control the mind by force is a tyrant, he who submits is a slave.
To hate man and worship god seems to be the sum of all the creeds. The god of moses was a god with hands, with feet, with the organs of speech. Thelecturewasneverwrittenand consequentlyneverdeliveredtwicethesame. Some mistakes of moseschapter 1 wikisource, the free. And plainly ingersolls some mistakes of moses is at least as important to the perennial struggle for intellectual and social liberty as it ever was, perhaps even moreso. What makes some mistakes of moses so part of growing up, for me, was the staunch realization that these things existed even before it became common to publish books about them. Nov 16, 2016 some mistakes of moses is the work of an author in full command of his wit.
Formanyyearsihaveregardedthepentateuch simplyasarecordofabarbarouspeople,in whicharefoundagreatnumberoftheceremonies ofsavagery,manyabsurdandunjustlaws,and. The book was originally given by the author, robert green ingersoll to his friend, john g. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and nonfiction literature that has stood the test of time. Mar 16, 2007 buy some mistakes of moses by ingersoll, robert g.
In it, he attacks the pentateuch, the first five books of. Find some mistakes of moses by ingersoll, robert g at biblio. Some mistakes of moses is widely regarded as a classic of intellectual biblical criticism, and rightly so. Publication date 1879 topics bible, free thought publisher washington, d. For those interested in the subject matter, the words of robert green ingersoll will be. The audio is a public domain recording by librivox, read by ted delorme. Excerpted from some mistakes of moses, the works of robert ingersoll, volume 2 new york. What are some mistakes of moses in the bible answers. Some mistakes of moses by ingersoll, robert green, 18331899. Reproducible electronic publishing can defeat censorship. The congregations will finally get tired of hearing about the patriarchs and saints, the miracles and wonders, bank of wisdom box 926, louisville, ky 40201 6 some mistakes of moses. You can dismiss the support request pop up for 4 weeks 28 days if you want to be reminded again.
Ingersoll was an extremely popular humanist orator in the late nineteenth century, and he wrote mistakes of moses after many. Some mistakes of moses quotes showing of 42 to hate man and worship god seems to be the sum of all the creeds. I want to do what little i can to make my country truly free, to broaden the intellectual horizon of our people, to destroy the prejudices born of ignorance and fear, to do away with the blind worship of the ignoble past, with the idea that all the great and good. Will some christian give us an explanation of this matter. Lets look at eight things about moses who he was in the bible and some details regarding his life.
Moses our teacher, is the most important prophet in judaism. Some mistakes of moses wikisource, the free online library. This is a lecture from the book lectures of robert g. He is also an important prophet in christianity, islam, the bahai faith, and a number of other abrahamic religions. Some mistakes of moses free inquiry secular humanism. It will not do to say that moses meant to convey the idea that god made man in his mental or moral image. Ingersoll volume ii lectures 1900 title page some mistakes of moses preface i. Some mistakes of moses is a valuable piece of religious criticism. At this point, ingersoll may not yet consider himself agnostic the word was relatively new and not used in this work. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. What had the beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds done to excite the anger of god.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nov 22, 2011 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. If they were reasonable, there would be no virtue in believing. Some mistakes of moses is the work of an author in full command of his wit.