THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH.

(1895.)

I. The Old Testament--Story of the Creation--Age of the Earth and

of Man--Astronomical Calculations of the Egyptians--The Flood--The

Firmament a Fiction--Israelites who went into Egypt--Battles of the

Jews--Area of Palestine--Gold Collected by David for the Temple--II. The

New Testament--Discrepancies about the Birth of Christ--Herod and

the Wise Men--The Murder of the Babes of Bethlehem--When was Christ

born--Cyrenius and the Census of the World--Genealogy of Christ

according to Matthew and Luke--The Slaying of Zacharias--Appearance of

the Saints at the Crucifixion--The Death of Judas Iscariot--Did

Christ wish to be Convicted?--III. Jehovah--IV. The Trinity--The

Incarnation--Was Christ God?--The Trinity Expounded--"Let us pray"--V.

The Theological Christ--Sayings of a Contradictory Character--Christ a

Devout Jew--An ascetic--His Philosophy--The Ascension--The Best that Can

be Said about Christ--The Part that is beautiful and Glorious--The Other

Side--VI. The Scheme of Redemption--VII. Belief--Eternal Pain--No Hope

in Hell, Pity in Heaven, or Mercy in the Heart of God--VIII. Conclusion.

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