"ARGUMENTS CANNOT BE ANSWERED WITH INSULTS. KINDNESS IS STRENGTH; ANGER BLOWS OUT THE LAMP OF THE MIND. IN THE EXAMINATION OF A GREAT AND IMPORTANT QUESTION, EVERY ONE SHOULD BE SERENE, SLOW-PULSED AND CALM." I. Col. Ingersoll's Opening Paper--Statement of the Fundamental Truths of Christianity--Reasons for Thinking that Portions of the Old Testament are the Product of a Barbarous People--Passages upholding Slavery, Polygamy, War, and Religious Persecution not Evidences of Inspiration--If the Words are not Inspired, What Is?--Commands of Jehovah compared with the Precepts of Pagans and Stoics--Epictetus, Cicero, Zeno, Seneca, Brahma--II. The New Testament--Why were Four Gospels Necessary?--…
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