Which will not Breed Together.
The Gaps Between Air Breathers and Water Breathers, &c. |
The Great Gulf Between the Brute and the Man. |
Natural Selection Could not Have Deprived a Monkey of Hair. |
Nor Have Given a Human Brain. |
The Brain-Worker Contravenes Natural Selection at Every Step. |
Civilization the Contradiction of Natural Selection. |
Morality and Religion the Direct Contraries of Natural Selection. |
Tendency Immoral, Degrading, and Atheistic. |
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CHAPTER III. |
Is God Everybody, and Everybody God? |
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Pantheism Described. |
An Antiquated Hindooism. |
A Jesuitical Atheism. |
Grossly Immoral. |
A Practical Atheism. |
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CHAPTER IV. |
Have We Any Need of the Bible? |
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Civilization and the Bible. |
Revelation Not Impossible. |
The Mythical Theory. |
The Inner Light. |
Many Ignorant of God. |
Heathen Morality—Plato's. |
Infidel Morality—Paine's. |
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CHAPTER V. |
Who Wrote the New Testament? |
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The Bible Not Just Like Any Other Book. |
Two Modes of Investigation. |
Did the Council of Nice Make the Bible? |
The Mythical Theory. |
The Evidence of Celsus. |
The Fragment Hypothesis. |
The Bank Signature Book. |
Could the New Testament be Corrupted? |
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CHAPTER VI. |
Is the Gospel Fact or Fable? |
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The Nature of Historical Evidence; Letters; Monuments. |
Contemporary Letters of Peter, Pliny and John. |
Prove the Existence of Churches. |
And Their Worship, Holiness, and Sufferings. |
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CHAPTER VII. |
Can We Believe Christ and His Apostles? |
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The Gospel a Unit; Must Take or Refuse it All. |
Apostles' Testimony Circumstantial. |
Witnesses Numerous and Independent. |
Confirm Their Testimony with Their Blood. |
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CHAPTER VIII. |
Prophecy, |
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Political—Napoleon's—Wrong. |
Presidential Candidates. |
Draper's Dogma of Youth and Decrepitude of Nations. |
Statesmen Prophets. |
General Claim for All Genius. |
Instances of Secular Prediction: |
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Cayotte's of the French Revolution. |
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The Oracles of Apollo. |
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Vettius Valens' Twelve Vultures. |
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Spencer's of the Disruption of the American Union. |
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Saint Malachi's Prophecies. |
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Mohammed's Prophecies. |
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Seneca's of the Discovery of America. |
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Dante's of the Reformation. |
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Plato's of Shakespeare. |
Symbolical Language of Prophecy. |
Anybody may Predict Downfall of Nations. |
An Awful Truth if it be True. |
But Bible Predictions Circumstantial—Egypt; Babylon; Nineveh; Judea. |
Predict Life and Resurrection. |
The Arabs; Jews; Seven Churches; Messiah. |
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CHAPTER IX. |
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