Is It God's Word

Front Cover
Cosimo, Inc., Mar 1, 2007 - Religion - 520 pages
Is the Bible the word of God? This classic of atheistic literature has the answer, and it's a loud and profound NO! American writer JOSEPH WHELESS (1868-1950) employs all the tools of the logician, from the self-evidence of reason to the words of the very proponents of the attitudes he strives to dismiss, to condemn Christianity as nonsense. Wheless roundly debunks. . the patriarchs and the covenants of Yahweh . the wonders of the Exodus . the forty years in the wilderness . the "ten commandments" and the "law" . the "conquest" of the promised land . the holy priests and prophets of Yahweh . the "prophecies" of Jesus Christ . the inspired "harmony of the Gospels" . the Christian "plan of salvation" . and more. This is a highly provocative work, one that should be explored by believers and doubters alike. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COSIMO: Wheless's Forgery in Christianity

From inside the book

Contents

THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY
1
A SKETCH OF HEBREW SCRIPTURES
23
THE PATRIARCHS AND THE COVENANTS OF YAHVEH
67
THE WONDERS OF THE EXODUS
90
THE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS
111
THE TEN CommandmentS AND THE LAW
134
THE Conquest oF THE PROMISED LAND
160
THE HEBREW HEATHEN RELIGION SEX WORSHIP AND IDOLS
170
BIBLE THEOLOGY AND MODERN TRUTH
255
THE PROPHECIES OF JESUS CHRIST
273
THE INSPIRED HARMONY OF THE Gospels
305
MORE HARMONY OF THE Gospels
363
THE SACRED DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY
401
THE CHRISTIAN PLAN OF SALVATION
442
REVELATIONS OF THE HEREAFTER
458
CESSEt SuperstitIO AND THEN?
477

THE PAGAN GODAND GODS OF ISRAEL
190
YAHVEH THE TERRIBLE GOD OF ISRAEL
211
THE HOLY PRIESTS AND PROPHETS OF YAHVEH
230
INDEX
495
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 297 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God...
Page 369 - They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Page 375 - Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing, Why askest thou me? Ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
Page 410 - For he saith to Moses ; I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Page 323 - AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 295 - But who may abide the day of His coming ? And who shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap...
Page 392 - And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying ; All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them ; Be not afraid ; go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Page 389 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Page 288 - When the even, was come, they brought unto him many, that were possessed with devils : and he cast out the spirits, with his word, and healed all, that were sick : *' that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, " Himself took our infirmities, and bare our

Bibliographic information