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... sacred books with profit and delight . With myth and fable we are ever charmed , and find a pleasure in the endless repetition of the beautiful , poetic , and absurd . We find , in all these records of the past , philosophies and dreams ...
... sacred books with profit and delight . With myth and fable we are ever charmed , and find a pleasure in the endless repetition of the beautiful , poetic , and absurd . We find , in all these records of the past , philosophies and dreams ...
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... , for the purpose of being supported by the people , the priests and nobles declare this religion to be sacred , and that whoever adds to , or takes from it , will be burned here by man , and hereafter by God . SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 15.
... , for the purpose of being supported by the people , the priests and nobles declare this religion to be sacred , and that whoever adds to , or takes from it , will be burned here by man , and hereafter by God . SOME MISTAKES OF MOSES . 15.
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... sacred " falsehoods of the past , and when a single fact will outweigh all the miracles of Holy Writ . Who car over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten , elevate and ...
... sacred " falsehoods of the past , and when a single fact will outweigh all the miracles of Holy Writ . Who car over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten , elevate and ...
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... sacred , and looked upon a wandering priest as better than the men from whom he begged , and by whose labor he lived . We should have believed in a god with three heads instead of three gods with one head , as we do now . Now and then ...
... sacred , and looked upon a wandering priest as better than the men from whom he begged , and by whose labor he lived . We should have believed in a god with three heads instead of three gods with one head , as we do now . Now and then ...
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... sacred records of their country are but collections of myths and fables . But when we look for a moment at the world , we find that each nation has its " sacred records " —its religion , and its ideas of worship . Certainly all can- not ...
... sacred records of their country are but collections of myths and fables . But when we look for a moment at the world , we find that each nation has its " sacred records " —its religion , and its ideas of worship . Certainly all can- not ...
Términos y frases comunes
absurd Adam and Eve animals atonement babes beasts believe Bible blood born brain Canaan Canaanites chapter Charles Darwin children of Israel Christ Christian Christians tell church civilized commanded creed crime damned dead death destroy devil doctrine earth Egyptians enemies eternal Eurydice fact fathers fear firmament flood forever Garden of Eden give gods heart heaven Hebrews hell Holy honest human hundred ignorance infinite inspired Jehovah Jews kill knew land of Egypt laws liberty light lived Lord mankind millions mind miracles Moses Moses and Aaron mother myth nations nature never Noah Old Testament Pentateuch Pharaoh polygamy priests punishment reason religion revelation sacred savage serpent slave slavery soul stars story Sufi superstition supposed taught tell things thou thought thousand told totally depraved tree true truth unto virtue wife woman wonderful words worship
Pasajes populares
Página 182 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Página 111 - Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Página 326 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 63 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters, which were under the firmament from the waters, which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Página 64 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Página 257 - ... If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Página 303 - And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
Página 109 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Página 146 - Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.