The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter IFrom Creation to Evolution by Andrew Dickson White I. The Visible Universe. Ancient and medieval views regarding the manner of creationRegarding the matter of creationRegarding the time of creationRegarding the date of creationRegarding the CreatorRegarding light and darknessRise of the conception of an evolution: among the Chaldeans,The Hebrews, […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XIII From Miracles To Medicine. by Andrew Dickson White I. THE EARLY AND SACRED THEORIES OF DISEASE. Naturalness of the idea of supernatural intervention in causing and curing disease Prevalence of this idea in ancient civilizations Beginnings of a scientific theory of medicine The twofold influence of Christianity […]
HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY GIRARD, KANSAS FOREWORD BY HENRY S. SALT As a brief summary of Shelley’s attitude toward the Christian religion, I may be allowed to quote from what I have written elsewhere. [Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poet and Pioneer (Watts & Co., 1913] “I regard Shelley’s early ‘atheism’ and later Pantheism, as simply the negative and […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THERE is also a physiological principle (discovered by the author) comprised in the doctrine of the Divine Incarnation fatal in its practical and logical application to the divinity of Jesus Christ, and all the other incarnate or flesh-invested Gods of antiquity. It is evidently fraught with much logical […]
IMPORTANT FACTS CONSTITUTING THE BASIS OF THIS WORK. IGNORANCE of science and ignorance of history are the two great bulwarks of religious error. There is scarcely a tenet of religious faith now propagated to the world by the professed disciples of Christ but that, if subjected to a rigid test in the ordeal of modern […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Eight Hours Must Come by Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 **** **** I HARDLY know enough on the subject to give an opinion as to the time when eight hours are to become a day’s work, but I am perfectly satisfied that eight hours will become a […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1879) Robert Green Ingersoll Chicago Times, 1879 To the Editor: Nothing is more gratifying than to see ideas that were received with scorn, flourishing in the sunshine of approval. Only a few weeks ago, I stated that the Bible was not inspired; that Moses was mistaken; that […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. V Black Christianity 1b Robert Green Ingersoll 15 page printout. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works of […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll A FEW FRAGMENTS ON EXPANSION. A NATION rises from infancy to manhood and sinks from dotage to death. I think that the great Republic is in the morning of her life — the sun just above the horizon — the grass still wet with […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1880) Robert Green Ingersoll PREFACE If what is known as the Christian Religion is true, nothing can be more wonderful than the fact that Matthew, Mark and Luke say nothing about “salvation by faith;” that they do not even hint at the doctrine of the atonement, and […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Set 4 Robert Green Ingersoll 21 page printout. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. INTERVIEWS Contents of this file page FUNERAL OF JOHN G. MILLS AND IMMORTALITY. 1 STAR ROUTE AND POLITICS. 6 THE INTERVIEWER. 11 POLITICS AND PROHIBITION. 13 THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT IN OHIO. 15 THE […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Rome Or Reason 1 Robert Green Ingersoll 21 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works of […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll As I understand it, the United States went into this war against Spain in the cause of freedom. For three years Spain has been endeavoring to conquer these people. The means employed were savage. Hundreds of thousands were starved. Yet the Cubans, with great […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Police Capt Robert Green Ingersoll THE POLICE CAPTAINS' DINNER. New York, January, 21, 1888. TOAST. Duties and Privileges of the Press. ONLY a little while ago, the nations of the world were ignorant and provincial. Between these nations there were the walls and barriers of language, of […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Some Live Topics Robert Green Ingersoll SOME LIVE TOPICS. Question. Shall you attend the Albany Freethought Convention? Answer. I have agreed to be present not only, but to address the convention, on Sunday, the 13th of September. I am greatly gratified to know that the interest in […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Suicide Sin Robert Green Ingersoll These letters were published in the New York World, 1894. IS SUICIDE A SIN? Col. Ingersoll's First Letter. I do not know whether self-killing is on the increase or not. If it is, then there must be, on the average, more trouble, […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute Bailey Robert Green Ingersoll A TRIBUTE TO ISAAC H. BAILEY. New York, March 27, 1899. MY FRIENDS: When one whom we hold dear has reached the end of life and laid his burden down, it is but natural for us, his friends, to pay the tribute […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute Seidl Robert Green Ingersoll LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF ANTON SEIDL. New York, February 2, 1895. MR. PRESIDENT, MR. ANTON SEIDL, AND GENTLEMEN: I was enjoying myself with music and song; why I should be troubled, why I should be called upon to trouble you, […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Wooden God Robert Green Ingersoll 7 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. A WOODEN GOD. **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works […]
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The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XVII Luke 14:1 AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day, that they watched him. 2. And, behold, there was a certain man before him, which had the dropsy. 3. […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXXI John 18:1 Judas betrayeth Jesus WHEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for […]
Order books by Thomas Paine now. [NOTE: An early American Editor, Col. Fellows, Paine’s personal friend, adds after the title of this “Examination” the following interesting Note: “This work was first published by Mr. Paine, at New-York, in 1807, and was the last of his writings edited by himself. It is evidently extracted from his […]
The Profits Of Religion A Study of Supernaturalism as a Source of Income and a Shield to Privilege by Upton Sinclair Offertory This book is a study of Supernaturalism from a new point of view — as a Source of Income and a Shield to Privilege. I have searched the libraries through, and no one […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XX From The Divine Oracles To The Higher Criticism by Andrew Dickson White I. THE OLDER INTERPRETATION. Character of the great sacred books of the world General laws governing the development and influence of sacred literature.–The law of its origin Legends concerning the Septuagint The law of wills […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: The proposition which Mr. Roberts has undertaken to prove in this debate is, that "the Scriptures are the authentic and reliable records of Divine revelation"; and, so far as this debate is concerned, you have nothing whatever to do with what persons of Mr. Bradlaugh’s class may have urged at some other time, […]
Mr. Roberts’ First Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s First Speech Mr. Roberts Questions Mr. Bradlaugh Mr. Bradlaugh Questions Mr. Roberts Mr. Roberts’ Second Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second Speech Mr. Roberts’ Third Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Third Speech
The CHAIRMAN: Mr. Roberts will now speak for a quarter of an hour. Mr. ROBERTS: I said in my opening speech that I did not require the testimony of these men whom I have been compelled to produce, in order to be persuaded that the apostles wrote the New Testainent at the time they professed […]
The CHAIRMAN: I had hoped, after the experience of our first meeting, that weakminded people who could not command their feelings would have stayed at home, and that egotistical people would have sent challenges of their own to the disputants against whose sentiments they wished to protest. The troublers are so much in the minority […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Part Two – Sexual Selection Chapter VIII – Principles of Sexual Selection WITH animals which have their sexes separated, the males necessarily differ from the females in their organs of reproduction; and these are the primary sexual characters. But the […]
