ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE.

(1894.)

The Truth about the Bible Ought to be Told--I. The Origin of the

Bible--Establishment of the Mosaic Code--Moses not the Author of the

Pentateuch--Some Old Testament Books of Unknown Origin--II. Is the Old

Testament Inspired?--What an Inspired Book Ought to Be--What the Bible

Is--Admission of Orthodox Christians that it is not Inspired as to

Science--The Enemy of Art--III. The Ten Commandments--Omissions and

Redundancies--The Story of Achan--The Story of Elisha--The Story of

Daniel--The Story of Joseph--IV. What is it all Worth?--Not True, and

Contradictory--Its Myths Older than the Pentateuch--Other Accounts

of the Creation, the Fall, etc.--Books of the Old Testament Named

and Characterized--V. Was Jehovah a God of Love?--VI. Jehovah's

Administration--VII. The New Testament--Many Other Gospels besides

our Four--Disagreements--Belief in Devils--Raising of the Dead--Other

Miracles--Would a real Miracle-worker have been Crucified?--VIII.

The Philosophy of Christ--Love of

Enemies--Improvidence--Self-Mutilation--The Earth as a

Footstool--Justice--A Bringer of War--Division of Families--IX. Is Christ

our Example?--X. Why should we place Christ at the Top and Summit of the

Human Race?--How did he surpass Other Teachers?--What he left Unsaid,

and Why--Inspiration--Rejected Books of the New Testament--The Bible and

the Crimes it has Caused.

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