The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations. Kersey Graves

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СКАЧАТЬ SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD."

       ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND INTERPOLATIONS.

       FORGED GOSPELS AND EPISTLES.

       LOST BOOKS FOUND OR RE-WRITTEN.

       IMPOSSIBILITY OF POSSESSING A RELIABLE TRANSLATION.

       MANY DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN BIBLES.

       CHAPTER LVI.—INFIDELS UNDER THE ORIENTAL SYSTEMS,

       I. THE RELIGIOUS SKEPTICS OF INDIA.

       II. SECTS AND INFIDELS IN GREECE AND ROME.

       III. SECTS AND SKEPTICS IN EGYPT.

       IV. SECTS AND SKEPTICS IN CHINA.

       V. PERSIAN SECTS AND SKEPTICS.

       VI. MAHOMEDAN SKEPTICS AND SECTS.

       CHAPTER LVII.—SECTS, SCHISMS, AND SKEPTICS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES.

       CHAPTER LVIII.—MODERN CHRISTIANITY ONE-HALF INFIDELITY.

       CHAPTER LIX.—CHARACTER OF THE CHRISTIAN'S GOD.

       CHAPTER LX.—ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ERRORS OF JESUS CHRIST.

       I. THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ERRORS OF CHRIST.

       II. SCIENTIFIC ERRORS OF CHRIST.

       III. CHRIST'S ERRORS OF OMISSION.

       CHAPTER LXI.—CHARACTER AND ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES OF THE APOSTLES.

       CHAPTER LXII.—CHARACTER OF PAUL, AND HIS DOCTRINES.

       2. CHARACTER AND ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES OF PETER.

       CHAPTER LXIII.—IDOLATROUS VENERATION FOR BIBLES.

       CHAPTER LXIV.—SPIRITUAL OR IMPLIED SENSE OF BIBLES.

       CHAPTER LXV.—WHAT SHALL WE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BIBLE?

       CHAPTER LXVI.—RELIGIOUS RECONSTRUCTION; OR, THE MORAL NECESSITY FOR A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR RELIGION.

       CONCLUSION.—SEVERAL IMPORTANT POINTS.

      NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS FOR THE THIRD EDITION.

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      1. On page 73 it is stated that no geologist or philosopher believes in either a creation or a creator. It is admitted that some men, called geologists, may believe so; but we hold that no man thoroughly versed in geology and philosophy can thus believe.

      2. On page 141, contradiction 146, it should be stated in the first part that Ahaziah's reign began in his thirty-second year, instead of the eleventh year of Joram. The second part should state that he began in his forty-second year, instead of the twelfth year of Joram.

      3. On page 143, contradiction 181, the anointment of Christ is spoken of But the text refers to the feast of the passover.

      4. On page 315 it is stated that the Unitarians believe in a hell. It should be understood, however, that they believe in a hell merely as a state or condition, and not as a place.

      5. On page 364 it is stated that the weight of the tables of the law was fifty times as much as Hilkiah could carry. This, of course, would depend upon the quality and condition of the stone used and the manner of engraving the law, if not, what is assumed, to constitute the law. It is stated that some considered the Pentateuch the law. This, however, was only in a general sense. They, of course, knew that the law as described in Deuteronomy was the law proper, or special law.

      6. The charge of falsehood against Christ, on page 403, is not intended to imply that it is certain he designed telling a falsehood. But, as he stated he would not go up to the feast at Jerusalem, and yet did go, it shows that he either intended to deceive, or was ignorant of what he would do in the future; and either defect would prove he was not an omniscient God.

      7. On page 414 it is stated that a Jew could not be a full Roman citizen in the time of Paul, and that Tarsus was not at that time a Roman city. But it may be stated also that authors differ on these points; and we leave the matter for them or their critical readers to settle. Let it be noted that it is not claimed that Paul, while professing to be first a Roman citizen, and then a Pharisee, and then a disciple of Jesus Christ, could not be all three at once; but it indicates his policy of changing.

THE PERSONALITY OF GOD.

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      As the denial of the personality of God, as set forth in Chapter, has been warmly assailed by Orthodox professors since the work was issued, and as that dogma constitutes one of the principal pillars of the Orthodox faith, I propose to examine it a little further in the light of reason and science. I will present other absurdities of the doctrine in the form of questions.

      1. If God is an organized personality, what should we assume to СКАЧАТЬ