The Bible Of Bibles; Or Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations:
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THE BIBLE OF BIBLES;
OR,
TWENTY-SEVEN "DIVINE" REVELATIONS:
Author Of "The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors," "The Biography Of Satan." Fourth Edition. Boston: Colby & Rich, Publishers, No. 9 Montgomery Place. 1879.
And by Lydia M. Graves, Assistant Authoress.
NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS FOR THE THIRD EDITION.
THE PERSONALITY OF GOD.
MORE BIBLES.
THE LEADING POSITIONS OF THIS WORK.
THE BIBLE OF BIBLES.
CHAPTER I.—THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
THE COMING REVOLUTION.
REASON WILL SOON TRIUMPH.
CHAPTER II.—APOLOGY AND EXPLANATION.
I. JEHOVAH.
II. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.
CHAPTER III.—WHY THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN,
II. THE MORAL TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE.
III. WHY RESORT TO RIDICULE?
THE PRINCIPAL DESIGN OF THIS WORK.
DON'T READ PERNICIOUS BOOKS.
TWO THOUSAND BIBLE ERRORS.
BIBLES USEFUL IN THEIR PLACE.
CHAPTER IV.—THE BEAUTIES AND BENEFITS OF BIBLES.
A HIGHER PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ATTAINED.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.
BIBLE WRITERS HONEST.
GENERAL CLAIMS OF BIBLES.
CHAPTER V.—TWENTY-SEVEN BIBLES DESCRIBED.
THE HINDOO BIBLES.
I. THE VEDAS.
II. THE INSTITUTES OF MENU.
III. RAMAYANA.
IV. THE MAHABARAT.
V. THE PURANS, OR PORANAS.
VI. ANALOGIES OF THE BRAHMIN AND JEWISH RELIGION.
VII. ANTIQUITY OF INDIA.
CHAPTER VI.—THE EGYPTIAN BIBLE.
THE "HERMAS."
ANALOGY OF THE EGYPTIAN AND JEWISH RELIGIONS.
ANTIQUITY OF EGYPT.
CHAPTER VII.—THE PERSIAN BIBLES.
I. THE ZEND AYESTA.
II. PERSIAN BIBLE—THE SADDER.
ANALOGY OF THE PERSIAN AND JEWISH RELIGIONS.
ANTIQUITY OF THE PERSIAN RELIGION.
CHAPTER VIII.—CHINESE BIBLES.
KINGS AND SHOO.
I. TA-HEO; OR, GREAT LEARNING.
II. THE CHUNG YUNG; OR, THE DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN.
III. THE BOOK OF MANG, OF MENCIUS.
IV. SHOO KING; OR, BOOK OF HISTORY.
V. THE SHE KING; OR, BOOK OF POETRY.
VI. THE CHUN TSEN; OR, SPRING AND SUMMER.
VII. THE TAO-TE KING; OR, DOCTRINE OF REASON.
ANALOGY OF THE CHINESE AND JEWISH RELIGIONS.
CONCLUDING INFERENCE.
CHAPTER IX.—BIBLES
I. THE SOFFEES' BIBLE—THE MUSNAVI.
II. THE PARSEES' BIBLE—"BOUR DESOT."
III. THE TAMALESE BIBLE.
IV. SCANDINAVIAN BIBLE.
V. THE KALMUCS' BIBLE.
VI. THE ATHENIAN BIBLE.
VII. THE CABALISTS' BIBLE.
CHAPTER X.—THE MAHOMEDAN BIBLE—THE KORAN.
TESTIMONY OF THREE WITNESSES.
III. THE SHAKERS' BIBLE.
CHAPTER XI.—THE JEWISH BIBLE.
CHAPTER XII.—THE CHRISTIANS' BIBLE.
CHAPTER XIII.—-GENERAL ANALOGIES OF BIBLES.
II. SUPERIOR FEATURES OF HEATHEN BIBLES.
CHAPTER XIV.—THE INFIDELS' BIBLE.
CHAPTER XV.—TWO THOUSAND BIBLE ERRORS. OLD TESTAMENT DEPARTMENT.
A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE ERRORS IN THE STORY OF CREATION.
THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE TREE OF LIFE.
II. THE SCIENTISTS ACCOUNT OF CREATION.
CHAPTER XVI.—ABSURDITIES IN THE ARK AND FLOOD STORY.
CHAPTER XVII.—THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, MORAL DEFECTS OF.
CHAPTER XVIII.—FOOLISH BIBLE STORIES.
I. TALKING SERPENTS AND TALKING ASSES.—GEN. III., NUM. XXII.
II. THE STORY OF CAIN, ABSURDITIES OF.
III. THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, ABSURDITIES OF.—1 SAM. CHAP. VI.
IV. KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM, ABSURDITIES.—NUM. CHAP. XVI.
V. THE STORY OF DANIEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
VI. SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
VII. TOWER OF BABEL.
VIII. STOPPING THE SUN AND MOON,—ABSURDITIES OF THE STORY.
IX. THE STORY OF SAMSON,—ITS ABSURDITIES.
X. STORY OF JONAH,—ITS ABSURDITIES.
CHAPTER XIX.—BIBLE PROPHECIES NOT FULFILLED.
CHAPTER XX.—MIRACLES, ERRONEOUS BELIEF IN.
CHAPTER XXI.—ERRORS OF THE BIBLE IN FACTS AND FIGURES.
CHAPTER XXII.—BIBLE CONTRADICTIONS-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN.
I. CONTRADICTIONS IN MATTERS OF FACT AND IN DOCTRINES.
CONTRADICTIONS IN HISTORY.
THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL ARE A MASS OF CONFUSION.
NEW-TESTAMENT CONTRADICTIONS.
CHAPTER XXIII.—OBSCENE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE—TWO HUNDRED CASES.
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE OBSCENE PASSAGES OF THE BIBLE.
CHAPTER XXIV.—CIRCUMCISION A HEATHEN CUSTOM.
II. FASTING AND FEASTING.
CHAPTER XXV.—HOLY MOUNTAINS, LANDS, CITIES, AND RIVERS.
I. HOLY MOUNTAINS.
II. HOLY LANDS AND HOLY CITIES.
III. HOLY RIVERS AND HOLY WATER.
CHAPTER XXVI.—BIBLE CHARACTERS.
I. CHARACTER OF JEHOVAH.
CHAPTER XXVII.—CHARACTER OF GOD'S "HOLY PEOPLE," THE JEWS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—CHARACTER OF MOSES; MORAL DEFECTS OF.
CHAPTER XXIX.—CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM, MORAL DEFECTS OF.
II. CHARACTER OF ISAAC.
III. CHARACTER OF JACOB, MORAL DEFECTS OF.
CHAPTER XXX.—CHARACTER OF DAVID-HIS NUMEROUS CRIMES.
II. CHARACTER OF SOLOMON.
III. LOT AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS.
CHAPTER XXXI.—CHARACTER OF THE JEWISH PROPHETS.
II. THE PROPHETS ELIJAH AND ELISHA.
THE FEATS OR ELISHA.
CHAPTER XXXII.—PROGRESSIVE IDEAS OF DEITY.
IDOLATRY: ITS CHARACTER, USES, HARMLESSNESS, AND PRIMARY ORIGIN.
POLYTHEISM.—THIS WORD IS FROM POLUS, "MANY," AND THEOS,
II. ALL CHRISTIANS ATHEISTS OR IDOLATERS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.—NEW-TESTAMENT ERRORS.
I. DIVINE REVELATION IMPOSSIBLE AND UNNECESSARY.
II. REVELATION FOR ONE AGE AND NATION NO REVELATION FOR ANOTHER.
III. A REVELATION ON THE BRAIN CALLED REASON.
IV. THE HUMAN BRAIN SUPERIOR TO ANY REVELATION.
V. INFALLIBLE REVELATION IMPOSSIBLE.
VI. EVERY THING MUST BE INFALLIBLE.
VII. NO DIVINE REVELATION WITHOUT A SERIES OF MIRACLES.
IX. NO MORAL DUTY CLEARLY DEFINED BY THE BIBLE.
X. OUR DUTIES ARE ALL RECORDED IN THE BIBLE OF NATURE.
XI. A DIVINE REVELATION ADVERSE TO HUMAN PROGRESS.
XII. A DIVINE REVELATION WOULD IMPLY IMPERFECTION ON THE PART OF DEITY.
CHAPTER XXXIV.—PRIMEVAL INNOCENCY OF MAN NOT TRUE.
CHAPTER XXXV.—ORIGINAL SIN AND FALL OF MAN.
CHAPTER XXXVI.—THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF MAN A DELUSION.
CHAPTER XXXVII.—FREE AGENCY AND MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—REPENTANCE,—THE DOCTRINE ERRONEOUS.
DEATH-BED REPENTANCE.
CHAPTER XXXIX.—FORGIVENESS FOR SIN, AN IMMORAL DOCTRINE.
CHAPTER XL.—CAN GOD BE SUBJECT TO ANGER?
CHAPTER XLI.—ATONEMENT FOR SIN, AN IMMORAL DOCTRINE.
CHAPTER XLII.—SPECIAL PROVIDENCE, AN ERRONEOUS DOCTRINE.
CHAPTER XLIII.—FAITH AND BELIEF, BIBLE ERRORS RESPECTING.
CHAPTER XLIV.—A PERSONAL GOD IMPOSSIBLE.
CHAPTER XLV.—EVIL, NATURAL AND MORAL, EXPLAINED.
CHAPTER XLVI.—TRUE SALVATION, OK THE RATIONAL VIEW OF SIN.
CHAPTER XLVII.—THE BIBLE SANCTIONS EVERY SPECIES OF CRIME.
I. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS MURDER.
II. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS THEFT OR ROBBERY.
III. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS WAR.
IV. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS THE EVIL OF INTEMPERANCE.
V. THE CRIME OF SLAVE-HOLDING SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE.
VI. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS POLYGAMY.
VII. LICENTIOUSNESS IS SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE.
VIII. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS WIFE-CATCHING.
IX. THE CRIMES OF TREACHERY AND ASSASSINATION.
CHAPTER XLVIII.—IMMORAL INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE.
CHAPTER XLIX.—THE BIBLE AT WAR WITH EIGHTEEN SCIENCES.
CHAPTER L.—THE BIBLE AS A MORAL NECESSITY.
THE MORAL BENEFITS OF INFIDELITY.
BURNING THE WORLD'S BENEFACTORS AS INFIDELS.
CHAPTER LI.—SEND NO MOKE BIBLES TO THE HEATHEN.
"THE BIBLE AS A MORAL NECESSITY."
CHAPTER LII.—WHAT SHALL WE BELIEVE AND DO TO BE SAVED?
I. HINDOO'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THE EGYPTIAN'S ANSWER.
THE CHINESE ANSWER.
THE PERSIAN'S AND CHALDEAN'S ANSWER.
THE JAPANESE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THE MAHOMEDAN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES' ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THE CATHOLIC'S ANSWER.
THE GREEK CHRISTIAN'S ANSWER.
THE PRESBYTERIAN'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THE UNITARIAN CHRISTIAN'S ANSWER.
THE JEW'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
THE BAPTIST'S ANSWER
THE QUAKER'S ANSWER.
SIX HUNDRED ROADS TO HEAVEN.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES.
CHAPTER LIII.—THE THREE PLANS OF SALVATION.
THE FALL AND CURSE.
THE CURSE OF THE SERPENT.
THE SECOND SCHEME OF REDEMPTION.
THE THIRD AND LAST PLAN OF SALVATION.
CHAPTER LIV.—THE TRUE RELIGION.
THE RELIGION FOR THIS AGE
CHAPTER LV.—"ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD."
ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND INTERPOLATIONS.
FORGED GOSPELS AND EPISTLES.
LOST BOOKS FOUND OR RE-WRITTEN.
IMPOSSIBILITY OF POSSESSING A RELIABLE TRANSLATION.
MANY DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN BIBLES.
CHAPTER LVI.—INFIDELS UNDER THE ORIENTAL SYSTEMS,
I. THE RELIGIOUS SKEPTICS OF INDIA.
II. SECTS AND INFIDELS IN GREECE AND ROME.
III. SECTS AND SKEPTICS IN EGYPT.
IV. SECTS AND SKEPTICS IN CHINA.
V. PERSIAN SECTS AND SKEPTICS.
VI. MAHOMEDAN SKEPTICS AND SECTS.
CHAPTER LVII.—SECTS, SCHISMS, AND SKEPTICS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES.
CHAPTER LVIII.—MODERN CHRISTIANITY ONE-HALF INFIDELITY.
CHAPTER LIX.—CHARACTER OF THE CHRISTIAN'S GOD.
CHAPTER LX.—ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ERRORS OF JESUS CHRIST.
I. THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ERRORS OF CHRIST.
II. SCIENTIFIC ERRORS OF CHRIST.
III. CHRIST'S ERRORS OF OMISSION.
CHAPTER LXI.—CHARACTER AND ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES OF THE APOSTLES.
CHAPTER LXII.—CHARACTER OF PAUL, AND HIS DOCTRINES.
2. CHARACTER AND ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES OF PETER.
CHAPTER LXIII.—IDOLATROUS VENERATION FOR BIBLES.
CHAPTER LXIV.—SPIRITUAL OR IMPLIED SENSE OF BIBLES.
CHAPTER LXV.—WHAT SHALL WE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BIBLE?
CHAPTER LXVI.—RELIGIOUS RECONSTRUCTION; OR, THE MORAL NECESSITY FOR A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR RELIGION.
CONCLUSION.—SEVERAL IMPORTANT POINTS.
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