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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents

Volume 3 — Introductory material

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(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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