The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXIX Matthew 25:1 Parable of the ten virgins. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3. They that were […]
Contents Preface Chapter I – The Old Testament Chapter II – The New Testament Chapter III – Conclusion PREFACE I HAVE mentioned in the former part of The Age of Reason that it had long been my intention to publish my thoughts upon Religion; but that I had originally reserved it to a later period […]
From the Lansing State Journal newspaper (Lansing, Michigan) of February 23, 1933. HITLER AIMS BLOW AT ‘GODLESS’ MOVE Chancellor’s Forces Seek the Catholic Support for Latest Campaign BERLIN, Feb. 23 (AP)–A campaign against the “godless movement” and an appeal for Catholic support were launched Wednesday by Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s forces. They struck at two […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XVIII From The Dead Sea Legends To Comparative Mythology by Andrew Dickson White I. THE GROWTH OF EXPLANATORY TRANSFORMATION MYTHS. Growth of myths to account for remarkable appearances in Nature–mountains. rocks, curiously marked stones, fossils, products of volcanicaction Myths of the transformation of living beings into natural objects […]
“Is the Bible Divine?” Preface First Night of the Discussion Second Night of the Discussion Third Night of the Discussion Fourth Night of the Discussion Fifth Night of the Discussion Sixth Night of the Discussion A Review of the Discussion
WEDNESDAY, 14th JUNE, 1876, IN THE TEMPERANCE HALL, LEICESTER. THE CHAIR WAS OCCUPIED BY MR. W. STANYON OF LEICESTER. The CHAIRMAN having asked the meeting to refrain from the expression of their feelings, called upon Mr. Roberts to resume the debate. Mr. ROBERTS: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, in commencing my remarks this evening, I […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: Mr. Roberts is good enough to tell you that I am extremely familiar with the early fathers. I am obliged to him for that admission. I wish I could return the compliment. He says they are "trashy", but he did not say so when he opened his first speech. Mr. ROBERTS: I did. […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: On the first night of the debate, and again to-night, Mr. Roberts said he would contend that the prophecies of the Bible were so explicit, so sober and so useful in their character, being, in this respect, so unlike the vague, incoherent and irrational predictions of the Greek augurs, as of themselves to […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter V – On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties THE subjects to be discussed in this chapter are of the highest interest, but are treated by me in an imperfect and fragmentary manner. Mr. Wallace, in an […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XXI – General Summary and Conclusion A BRIEF summary will be sufficient to recall to the reader's mind the more salient points in this work. Many of the views which have been advanced are highly speculative, and some no […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter VIII: Instinct MANY instincts are so wonderful that their development will probably appear to the reader a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory. I may here premise that I have nothing to do with the origin of the mental powers, any more than I have […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter II: Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro — Excursion north of Cape Frio — Great Evaporation — Slavery — Botofogo Bay — Terrestrial Planariae — Clouds on the Corcovado — Heavy Rain — Musical Frogs — Phosphorescent Insects — Elater, springing powers of — […]
The Death of Christ (1896) by Charles Watts THE sermons preached on Good Friday last, as reported in the various newspapers, afforded strange and peculiar reading to the non-theological mind. The one theme dwelt upon in all the pulpits was the death of christ with its complete and sublime scheme of redemption for fallen man." […]
The War Between Science And Faith Clay Fulks Glancing over that page of the New York Times of Monday, October 13, 1930, which carries reports of “Sermons Preached Yesterday in the Metropolitan District,” my eye caught the headlines: “Science Found Void Compared to Faith — Dr. G.J. Russell Says It Will Never Dethrone God.” What! […]
[Back To Chapter 1] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 2 FROM EIGHTEEN FORTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN FIFTY-SEVEN Of his boyhood, Ingersoll seldom spoke: it was a subject too reminiscent of struggle and hardship, — of unutterable sorrow. But the story of a man necessarily involves, to some extent, […]
[Back to Chapter 17] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 18 HIS FACULTIES OF ARTISTIC AND INTELLECTUAL EXPRESSION He who would rise to the full scope of Ingersoll’s art, in its varied manifestations — oratory, poetry, prose — must be familiar with the elements of things. He must […]
BOOK II Of Ideas Chapter I Of Ideas in general, and their Original 1. Idea is the object of thinking. Every man being conscious to himself that he thinks; and that which his mind is applied about whilst thinking being the ideas that are there, it is past doubt that men have in their minds […]
Chapter XXIV Of Collective Ideas of Substances 1. A collective idea is one idea. Besides these complex ideas of several single substances, as of man, horse, gold, violet, apple, &c., the mind hath also complex collective ideas of substances; which I so call, because such ideas are made up of many particular substances considered together, […]
Chapter XI Of the Remedies of the Foregoing Imperfections and Abuses of Words 1. Remedies are worth seeking The natural and improved imperfections of languages we have seen above at large: and speech being the great bond that holds society together, and the common conduit, whereby the improvements of knowledge are conveyed from one man […]
Chapter XVI Of the Degrees of Assent 1. Our assent ought to be regulated by the grounds of probability. The grounds of probability we have laid down in the foregoing chapter: as they are the foundations on which our assent is built, so are they also the measure whereby its several degrees are, or ought […]
Six Historic Americans Thomas Paine by John E. Remsburg The religious opinions of no other man have been so greatly misrepresented and so little understood as those of Thomas Paine. Orthodox Christians have, almost with the same breath, declared that he died an unrepentant Atheist and a convert to Christianity. A presentation of his religious […]
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Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. Luther Burbank Speaks Out by Joseph McCabe There were two Pillars of Hercules in the United States whom I wished to see. Thomas A. Edison towers on the eastern coast, but I had to rush through New York and could not stay for my friend to present […]
CHAPTER VI THE CATHOLIC CLERGY THE system of making priests I have described in my Twelve Years in a Monastery. Recruits are now sought at a very early age, and usually from the less educated class. In order that I may state the case quite accurately, I run over, in memory, the list of my […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XIV by Joseph McCabe Pagan Christs Before Jesus Contents The Myth of the Virgin Birth Christmas Before Christ Divine Sons and Sages Christ and Krishna The Myth of the Virgin Birth THERE are few doctrines of the Christian faith so vulnerable, […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXX by Joseph McCabe The Conflict Between Science and Religion Contents The Historical Conflict Is There a Conflict Today? The Twilight of the Gods The Historical Conflict SCIENCE has, ever since its birth, been in conflict with religion. Apart from the […]
Chapter 02 Joseph Wheless 36 page printout, Page 24 - 59 CHAPTER II A SKETCH OF HEBREW SCRIPTURES THE Bible, as all must admit, is the only source of knowledge which we have, of the great questions of miracle and of "revealed religion" which come to us through its pages. The authenticity of its remarkable […]
Chapter 18 Joseph Wheless 16 page printout, page 390 - 405 CHAPTER XVIII REVELATIONS OF THE HEREAFTER HEAVEN, HELL, AND PURGATORY IN the twentieth century after the traditional advent of the Son of Yahveh on earth, the religion which is built around that event persists in a congeries of primitive cosmological notions, which modern knowledge […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. MANY cases are related by their respective sacred narratives of the ancient Saviors, and other beings possessing the form of man, and previously recognized as men, reappearing to their disciples and friends, after having been consigned to the tomb for three days, or a longer or shorter period […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THE incarnation of an infinite God is a shocking absurdity, and an infinite impossibility. We ask in all solemn earnestness, and in the name of the intuitive monitions of an unshackled reason and an unbiased conscience, can, any man in his sober senses, who has been in the […]
