The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter IFrom Creation to Evolution by Andrew Dickson White I. The Visible Universe. Ancient and medieval views regarding the manner of creationRegarding the matter of creationRegarding the time of creationRegarding the date of creationRegarding the CreatorRegarding light and darknessRise of the conception of an evolution: among the Chaldeans,The Hebrews, […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XIII From 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 disease Prevalence of this idea in ancient civilizations Beginnings of a scientific theory of medicine The twofold influence of Christianity […]
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 […]
The Forgery of the Old Testament and Other Essays (Freethought Library) By Joseph McCabe Paperback (1993) $11.96 Order this book now The Myth of the Resurrection and Other Essays (The Freethought Library) By Joseph McCabe Paperback (1993) $11.96 Order this book now A Treatise on Toleration and Other Essays (Great Minds) By Voltaire, Joseph McCabe […]
CHAPTER VII THE LOSSES OF THE CHURCH ONE of the funniest aspects of the situation as regards the Roman Church in Great Britain is the astonishment at each other of Catholics and non-Catholics. How, asks the innocent non-Catholic when he reads such things as I have described, can this sort of thing be accepted by […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XV by Joseph McCabe Legends of Saints and Martyrs Contents Discovery of the Fraud The Genuine Persecutions The Manufacture of Martyrs Discovery of the Fraud THERE came a stage in the evolution of the ancient world when the old creeds decayed, […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXXI by Joseph McCabe Do We Need Religion? Contents The Fear of the Godly Our Personal Morals The Nightmare of Sex Religion and Progress The Fear of the Godly THE criticism of religion seems to be an unpopular job. I am, […]
Chapter 03 Joseph Wheless 19 page printout, page 60 - 78 CHAPTER III THE PATRIARCHS AND THE COVENANTS OF YAHVEH IN the year 1996 B.C. according to the chronology of Bishop Ussher, or just 352 years after Noah's Flood, there was born a heathen Chaldee who was christened Abram (Abu-ramu, an ordinary Babylonian name meaning […]
Chapter 19 Joseph Wheless 22 page printout, page 406 - 427 END CHAPTER XIX CESSET SUPERSTITIO! AND THEN? "But if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men" (Matt. V, 13). -- "It […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THERE were various practices in vogue amongst the orientalists, which originated with the design of appeasing the anger and propitiating the favor of a presumed to be irascible deity. Most of these practices consisted in some kind of sacrifice or destructive offering called the “atonement.” But here let […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THERE is a philosophical principle underlying the doctrine of the Divine Incarnation, whose logical deductions completely overthrow the claim of Jesus of Nazareth to the Godhead, and which we regard as settling the question as conclusively as any demonstrated problem in mathematics. This argument is predicated upon the […]
“THE WORLD’S SIXTEEN CRUCIFIED SAVIORS.” What an imposing title for a book! What startling developments of religious history it implies! Is it founded on fact or on fiction? If it has a basis of truth, where was such an extraordinary mine of sacred lore discovered? Where were such startling facts obtained as the title of […]
A Preacher Advocates Church Taxation Rev. L. M. Birkhead (Minister, All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Kansas City, mo.) One of the most amazing and paradoxical of modern Political situations is that of the United States committed fundamentally to the absolute divorce of church and state, and yet contributing indirectly, by means of the exemption of church […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll One hundred years ago, our fathers retired the gods from politics. THE Declaration of Independence is the grandest, the bravest, and the profoundest political document that was ever signed by the representatives of a people. It is the embodiment of physical and moral courage […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. The Christian Religion The Ingersoll–Black Debate, Part I Robert G. Ingersoll, 1881 **** **** I In the presence of eternity the mountains are as transient as the clouds. _______ A profound change has taken place in the world of thought. The pews are trying to set themselves […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll CRUELTY IN THE ELMIRA REFORMATORY. IN my judgment, no human being was ever made better, nobler, by being whipped or clubbed. Mr. Brockway, according to his own testimony, is simply a savage. He belongs to the Dark Ages — to the Inquisition, to […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1874) Robert Green Ingersoll LIBERTY, A WORD WITHOUT WHICH ALL WORDS ARE VAIN. WHOEVER has an opinion of his own, and honestly expresses it, will be guilty of heresy. Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrine of […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Set 3 Robert Green Ingersoll 33 page printout. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. INTERVIEWS Contents of this file page JUSTICE HARLAN AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. 1 POLITICS AND THEOLOGY. 6 MORALITY AND IMMORALITY. 7 POLITICS, MORMONISM AND MR. BEECHER. 16 FREE TRADE AND CHRISTIANITY. 20 […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Dr. Plumb Robert Green Ingersoll A REPLY TO THE REV. DR. PLUMB. Question. Last Sunday the Rev. Dr. Plumb paid some attention to the lecture which you delivered here on the 23rd of October. Have you read a report of it, and what have you to say? […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Our Schools Robert Green Ingersoll OUR SCHOOLS. I BELIEVE that education is the only lever capable of raising mankind. If we wish to make the future of the Republic glorious we must educate the children of the present. The greatest blessing conferred by our Government is the […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Some Interrogation Points Robert Green Ingersoll 13 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. Contents of this file page SOME INTERROGATION POINTS. 1 LOTOS CLUB DINNER, TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 12 **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Suicide Normile Robert Green Ingersoll 25 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. Contents of this file page SUICIDE OF JUDGE NORMILE. 1 IS SUICIDE A SIN? 1894 6 COL. INGERSOLL'S REPLY TO HIS CRITICS. 11 SUICIDE A SIN. an interview 20 SUICIDE AND SANITY. 24 […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Three Philanthropists Robert Green Ingersoll THE THREE PHILANTHROPISTS. 1891 "Well, while I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich." MR. A. lived in the kingdom of ---. He was a sincere professional philanthropist. He was absolutely certain that […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute Seaver Robert Green Ingersoll A TRIBUTE TO HORACE SEAVER. At Paine Hall, Boston, August 25, 1889. HORACE SEAVER was a pioneer, a torch-bearer, a toiler in that great field we call the world -- a worker for his fellow-men. At the end of his task he […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Why I Am Agnostic Robert Green Ingersoll 26 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 […]
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The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XVI Luke 11:1 AND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 2. And he said unto them, When […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXX Mark 14:1 Conspiracy against Christ. After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2. But they said, Not on […]
Order books by Thomas Paine now. [NOTE: This was the last work that Paine ever gave to the press. It appeared in New York in 1807 with the following title: “An Examination of the Passages in the New Testament, quoted from the Old and called Prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. To which is prefixed an Essay […]
The Three Imposters Author Unknown Translated (with Notes and Comments) from a French Manuscript of the Work Written in the Year 1716, with a Dissertation on the Original Treatise and a Bibliography of the Various Editions by Alcofribas Nasier, The Later. Privately Printed for the Subscribers, 1904. Edition 352 copies. 12 on large Paper. (NOTE: […]
