Who Was Jesus Christ? Charles BradlaughMANY persons will consider the question one to which the Gospels give a sufficient answer and that no further inquiry is necessary. But while the general Christian body affirm that Jesus was God incarnate on earth, the Unitarian Christians, less in numerical strength but numbering a large proportion of the […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XV – Birds- Continued WE have in this chapter to consider why the females of many birds have not acquired the same ornaments as the male; and why, on the other hand, both sexes of many other birds are […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter XV: Recapitulation and Conclusion AS THIS whole volume is one long argument, it may be convenient to the reader to have the leading facts and inferences briefly recapitulated. That many and serious objections may be advanced against the theory of descent with modification through variation and […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XIII: Chiloe and Chonos Islands Chiloe — General Aspect — Boat Excursion — Native Indians — Castro — Tame Fox — Ascend San Pedro — Chonos Archipelago — Peninsula of Tres Montes — Granitic Range — Boat-wrecked Sailors — Low’s Harbour — Wild Potato […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter IX: Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and The Falkland Islands Santa Cruz — Expedition up the River — Indians — Immense Streams of Basaltic Lava — Fragments not transported by the River — Excavations of the Valley — Condor, Habits of — Cordillera — Erratic Boulders […]
Secularists Catechism Charles Watts 17 page printout From an old, undated, book published by Watts & Co. entitled: 'Pamphlets by Charles Watts' Vol. I. The book contains the motto: -- "To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly." -- Volney. **** **** THE SECULARIST'S CATECHISM: BEING AN EXPOSITION OF SECULAR […]
The Life Of Jesus by Ernest Renan COMPLETE EDITION LONDON: WATTS & Co., 5 & 6 JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET, E-C-4 **** **** To THE PURE SOUL of MY SISTER HENRIETTE, Who died at Byblus, on September 24th, 1861. Dost thou recall, from the bosom of God where thou reposest long days at Ghazir, […]
[Back To Chapter 10] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 11 DID HE ATTACK ‘THE THEOLOGY OF FIFTY YEARS AGO’? OR DID HE ATTACK THE CHRISTIANITY OF THE TIME? A Criticism very frequently heard from those who seem to have in view the double object of belittling Ingersoll’s […]
AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING by John Locke 1690 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD THOMAS, EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY, BARRON HERBERT OF CARDIFF, LORD ROSS, OF KENDAL, PAR, FITZHUGH, MARMION, ST. QUINTIN, AND SHURLAND; LORD PRESIDENT OF HIS MAJESTY’S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL; AND LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF WILTS, AND OF SOUTH […]
Chapter XVIII Other Simple Modes 1. Other simple modes of simple ideas of sensation. Though I have, in the foregoing chapters, shown how, from simple ideas taken in by sensation, the mind comes to extend itself even to infinity; which, however it may of all others seem most remote from any sensible perception, yet at […]
Chapter V Of Simple Ideas of Divers Senses Ideas received both by seeing and touching. The ideas we get by more than one sense are, of space or extension, figure, rest, and motion. For these make perceivable impressions, both on the eyes and touch; and we can receive and convey into our minds the ideas […]
BOOK IV Of Knowledge and Probability Chapter I Of Knowledge in General 1. Our knowledge conversant about our ideas only. Since the mind, in all its thoughts and reasonings, hath no other immediate object but its own ideas, which it alone does or can contemplate, it is evident that our knowledge is only conversant about […]
Chapter V Of Truth in General 1. What truth is. What is truth? was an inquiry many ages since; and it being that which all mankind either do, or pretend to search after, it cannot but be worth our while carefully to examine wherein it consists, and so acquaint ourselves with the nature of it, […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Vatican’s Last Crime How The Black International Joined The World-Plot Against Freedom, Liberalism, And Democracy by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 1 Contents Chapter I – The Foulest War In History Chapter II – Just What The Papacy Needed Chapter III […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. How The Faith Is Protected The Unique Apparatus Of The Black International To Secure Loyalty by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 17 Contents Chapter I – Death And Damnation For The Unbeliever Chapter II – Blinkers For The Believer Chapter III – […]
SECTION I THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CHURCH CHAPTER VII THE MODERN PHASE IN the opinion of "Catholic Truth," the reform of the Church, which it grossly exaggerates, was due to its own vital powers of recovery, not to the pressure of heretics. As I have repeatedly pointed out, the most irritating feature of Catholic […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter VII by Joseph McCabe The Forgery of the Old Testament Contents How We Detect the Forgery The Priestly Forgers The Mistakes of Moses The Mythical History of the Jews The Truth About the Prophets Pious Fiction How We Detect The Forgery […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXIII by Joseph McCabe The Horrors of the Inquisition Contents The Massacre of the Albigenses The Origin of the Inquisition The Infamy of Its Procedure The Roman Inquisition The Spanish Inquisition The Massacre of the Albigenses BY modern history we mean […]
Chapter 4 Joseph Wheless 36 page printout, pages 112 to 147 of 322 CHAPTER IV THE SAINTLY "FATHERS" OF THE FAITH "The greater Saint, the greater Liar." Diegesis. "The principal historians of the patristic period cannot always be completely trusted." (CE. vi, 14.) EMBRACED WITIFIN CE.'s confession of patristic untrustworthines and perversion of truth is […]
Chapter 11 Joseph Wheless 21 page printout, page 195 - 215 CHAPTER XI THE HOLY PRIESTS AND PROPHETS OF YAHVEH TURNING from the self-portrait of the Hebrew chief God, let us view the holy priests and prophets of Yahveh, the votaries of this Hebrew war-god. This examination will show the vague and shadowy notions of […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. RETIREMENT AND FORTY DAYS’ FASTING CHRIST taught, “My kingdom is not of this world.” And we find that most of the other Saviors virtually and practically taught the same doctrine. The first practical evincement of it was exhibited by retiring from the world; that is, they retired from […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. CHAPTER XXIX JESUS CHRIST A DEMIGOD, ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN WRITERS IT is truly surprising to observe the damaging concessions of some of the early Christian writers, ruinous to the dogmas of their own faith with respect to the divinity of Jesus Christ, placing him, as they do, on […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THEIR NUMEROUS EVILS AND ABSURDITIES OF all the follies ever enacted or exhibited under the sun, and of all the ignorance of history, science, and human nature ever displayed in the history of the human race, that which stands out in bold relief, as preeminent, is the fashionable […]
The Rationalist’s Manual M. D. Aletheia Author of “A Rationalist Catechism,” “The Agnostic’s Primer,” etc. Theology: Its Superstitions and Origin Rationalism: Its Philosophy and Ethics “To the mind, as it develops in speculative power, the problem of the universe suggests itself. What is it? and Whence comes it? are questions that press for solution, when, […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Bangor Speech (1876). Robert Green Ingersoll I HAVE the honor to belong to the Republican party; the grandest, the sublimest party in the history of the world. This grand party is not only in favor of the liberty of the body, but also the liberty of the […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. An Address to the Colored People by Robert G. Ingersoll 1867 An address delivered to the colored people at Galesburg, Illinois, 1867. **** **** Fellow-Citizens: Slavery has in a thousand forms existed in all ages, and among all people. It is as old as theft […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. V Field 3 Robert Green Ingersoll 10 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. Robert Green Ingersoll A letter written to Col. Thomas Donaldson, of Philadelphia, declining an invitation to be a guest of the Clover Club of that city. Washington, D.C, January 16, 1883. CLOVER. — I regret that I cannot be “in clover with you on the 28th instant. […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Should Infidels Send Their Children to Sunday School? Robert G. Ingersoll SHOULD parents, who are Infidels, unbelievers or Atheists, send their children to Sunday schools and churches to give them the benefit of Christian education? Parents who do not believe the Bible to be an inspired book […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: In the greatest tragedy that has ever been written by man — in the fourth scene of the third act — is the best prayer that I have ever read; and when I say “the greatest tragedy,” everybody familiar with Shakespeare […]
