Is It God's WordIs 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 |
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... told quite differently in other of the sacred texts ; I would search out the parallel passage - and find it at right angles or criss - cross with the one before me . Such adventures roused dangerous trains of thought , which I devoutly ...
... told quite differently in other of the sacred texts ; I would search out the parallel passage - and find it at right angles or criss - cross with the one before me . Such adventures roused dangerous trains of thought , which I devoutly ...
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... told the same tale differently , or treated the same Christian doctrine at cross - purposes . This accomplished , I read and carefully " matched " one inspired truth with another . Then , through several years , at every opportunity ...
... told the same tale differently , or treated the same Christian doctrine at cross - purposes . This accomplished , I read and carefully " matched " one inspired truth with another . Then , through several years , at every opportunity ...
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... told them that they must believe it or be tortured and killed in life and damned forever in the fires of hell after death . It is no wonder that faith flourished under conditions so exceptionally favorable . During the long dark ages of ...
... told them that they must believe it or be tortured and killed in life and damned forever in the fires of hell after death . It is no wonder that faith flourished under conditions so exceptionally favorable . During the long dark ages of ...
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... told " They are Angles , " he exclaimed : " No , they are angels , " and was thus moved to send missionaries to their Teutonic homeland to " convert " their na- tion from paganism to the true faith . Deathless in history , in song and ...
... told " They are Angles , " he exclaimed : " No , they are angels , " and was thus moved to send missionaries to their Teutonic homeland to " convert " their na- tion from paganism to the true faith . Deathless in history , in song and ...
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... told tale " -of revela- tion and inspiration beyond all contradiction - but contradictorily , always . A PARENTHESIS OF EXPLANATION A critical study of the Hebrew Scriptures by competent scholars reveals that their present form results ...
... told tale " -of revela- tion and inspiration beyond all contradiction - but contradictorily , always . A PARENTHESIS OF EXPLANATION A critical study of the Hebrew Scriptures by competent scholars reveals that their present form results ...
Contents
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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 |
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Is It God's Word: An Exposition of the Fables and Mythology of the Bible and ... Joseph Wheless No preview available - 2013 |
Is It God's Word: An Exposition of the Fables and Mythology of the Bible and ... Joseph Wheless No preview available - 2013 |
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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
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A Dictionary of Angels, Including the Fallen Angels, Volume 2 Gustav Davidson No preview available - 1967 |