Bøger af Robert G. Ingersoll

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After the Civil War, Ingersoll embarked upon a career as a lecturer, touring the United States to make his thoughts on religion, women's rights, and humanism known to all. This title contains one of the most popular of these lectures, a critical examination of the "Pentateuch" (the first five books of the Bible).

Udvalgte tekster af 'den store agnostiker'.Ingersoll opfordrer mennesket til selvstændig tænkning; til at gøre op med over-leverede myter. Skal vi leve for den verden, vi befinder os i, eller skal vi leve for en anden verden, som vi ikke ved noget om? (Hvilken vej?) Mennesket har været gjort til nar og til offer for præst og konge, bytte for overtro og kynisk magt. Det menneske, der ikke tænker selv, er en slave og en forræder over for sig selv og sine medmennesker. (Frihed for mand, kvinde og barn)

Contents: The Gods, an honest God is the noblest work of man; Humboldt, the universe is governed by law; Thomas Paine, with his name left out, the history of liberty cannot be written; Individuality, his soul was like a star and dwelt apart; Heretics and Heresies, liberty, a word without which all other words are vain.