The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XIIIFrom Miracles To Medicine. by Andrew Dickson White I. THE EARLY AND SACRED THEORIES OF DISEASE. Naturalness of the idea of supernatural intervention in causing and curing diseasePrevalence of this idea in ancient civilizationsBeginnings of a scientific theory of medicineThe twofold influence of Christianity on the healing art […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter I From Creation to Evolution by Andrew Dickson White I. The Visible Universe. Ancient and medieval views regarding the manner of creation Regarding the matter of creation Regarding the time of creation Regarding the date of creation Regarding the Creator Regarding light and darkness Rise of the conception […]
HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY GIRARD, KANSAS FOREWORD BY HENRY S. SALT As a brief summary of Shelley’s attitude toward the Christian religion, I may be allowed to quote from what I have written elsewhere. [Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet and Pioneer (Watts & Co., 1913] “I regard Shelley’s early ‘atheism’ and later Pantheism, as simply the negative and […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. V Field 2 Robert Green Ingersoll 25 page printout. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works of ROBERT […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. The Foundations of Faith 1895 I THE OLD TESTAMENT. One of the foundation stones of our faith is the Old Testament. If that book is not true, if its authors were unaided men, if it contains blunders and falsehoods, then that stone crumbles to dust. The geologists […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1873) Robert Green Ingersoll “HIS SOUL WAS LIKE A STAR AND DWELT APART” On every hand are the enemies of individuality and mental freedom. Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. Our first questions are answered by ignorance, and our last […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll THE object of a trial is not to convict — neither is it to acquit. The object is to ascertain the truth by legal testimony and in accordance with law. In this country we give the accused the benefit of all reasonable doubts. We […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll BORN of love and hope, of ecstasy and pain, of agony and fear, of tears and joy — dowered with the wealth of two united hearts — held in happy arms, with lips upon life’s drifted font, blue-veined and fair, where perfect peace finds […]
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Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Ratification Speech Robert Green Ingersoll 26 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** Contents of this file page RATIFICATION SPEECH. 1 BANGOR SPEECH. 15 **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Stage Children Robert Green Ingersoll THE CHILDREN OF THE STAGE. New York, March 23, 1899. DISGUISE it as we may, we live in a frightful world, with evils, with enemies, on every side. From the hedges along the path of life, leap the bandits that murder and […]
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Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute E C Ingersoll Robert Green Ingersoll 12 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. Contents of thid file page A TRIBUTE TO EBON C. INGERSOLL. 1 A TRIBUTE TO THOMAS CORWIN. 2 A TRIBUTE TO COURTLANDT PALMER. 3 A TRIBUTE TO ROSCOE CONKLING. 6 **** […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Unitarian Club Robert Green Ingersoll UNITARIAN CLUB DINNER. New York, January 15, 1892. TOAST. The Ideal. MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: In the first place, I wish to tender my thanks to this club for having generosity and sense enough to invite me to speak this evening. […]
LEVIATHAN by Thomas Hobbes 1651 INTRODUCTION NATURE (the art whereby God hath made and governs the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal. For seeing life is but a motion of limbs, the beginning whereof is in some […]
Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. This file made available by Bill Restemeyer and the Internet Infidels for The Freethought Web. Letter to Peter Carr (Jefferson’s Nephew) Thomas Jefferson, 1787 Dear Peter, — I have received your two letters of December the 30th and April the 18th, and am very happy to find by them, […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXII Matthew 19:1 AND it came to pass, that, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan: 2. And great multitudes followed him, 3. The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section IX Luke 13:1 THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2. And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered […]
Thomas Paine: Related Links Friends of Thomas Paine (Off Site) On Thomas Paine (1870) [ 55K ] by Robert Ingersoll Paine’s Letter to Washington Proved His Humanitarianism [ 14K ] (Off Site) by Joseph Lewis The Resurrection of Thomas Paine (1953) [ 16K ] (Off Site) by Joseph Lewis Thomas Paine (1892) [ 44K ] by Robert Ingersoll Thomas Paine and the Age […]
The Atheism Of Astronomy: A Refutation Of The Theory That The Universe Is Governed By Intelligence by Woolsey Teller Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift. Lucretius THE […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XI From “The Prince Of The Power Of The Air” To Meteorology by Andrew Dickson White I. Growth of a Theological Theory. The beliefs of classical antiquity regarding storms, thunder, and lightning Development of a sacred science of meteorology by the fathers of the Church Theories of Cosmas […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter VIII The “Fall Of Man” And Anthropology by Andrew Dickson White The “Fall Of Man” And Anthropology The two antagonistic views regarding the life of man on the earth The theory of “the Fall” among ancient peoples Inheritance of this view by the Christian Church Appearance among the […]
The CHAIRMAN: Mr. Roberts will now occupy six minutes out of the twelve remaining, and then Mr. Bradlaugh will reply till ten o’clock. Mr. ROBERTS: Ladies and gentlemen; if Mr. Bradlaugh would strictly confine himself to accuracy in his representations of what I say, my arguments would not suffer in his hands. I have not […]
THURSDAY, 15th JUNE, 1876, IN THE TEMPERANCE HALL, BIRMINGHAM. MR. GEORGE H. ST. CLAIR IN THE CHAIR. THE CHAIRMAN: Ladies and Gentlemen, we are met together to hear a very important question discussed by two gentlemen very competent to discuss it. The question is, "Are the Scriptures the authentic and reliable records of Divine revelation?" […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: The remark has been made that if we take this book as a human production we cannot understand it. How useful that is. We have no other books of a similar character to which similar objections apply? Have we Lord Amberley’s new book, in which he has two sub-divisions, one of which he […]
What Did Jesus Teach? Charles Bradlaugh THE language in which Jesus taught has not been preserved to us. Who recorded his actual words, or if any real record ever existed, is all matter of guess. Who translated the words of Jesus into the Greek no one knows. In the compass of four pamphlets, attributed to […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XIV – Birds- Continued WHEN the sexes differ in beauty or in the power of singing, or in producing what I have called instrumental music, it is almost invariably the male who surpasses the female. These qualities, as we […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter XIV: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs Classification FROM the most remote period in the history of the world organic beings have been found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under groups. This classification […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XII: Central Chile Valparaiso — Excursion to the Foot of the Andes — Structure of the Land — Ascend the Bell of Quillota — Shattered Masses of Greenstone — Immense Valleys — Mines — State of Miners — Santiago — Hot-baths of Cauquenes — […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter VIII: Banda Oriental and Patagonia Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento — Value of an Estancia — Cattle, how counted — Singular Breed of Oxen — Perforated Pebbles — Shepherd Dogs — Horses broken-in, Gauchos riding — Character of Inhabitants — Rio Plata — Flocks […]
