Kersey Graves - The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors, Ksiazki,Ksiegi,Ksiazeczki

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//-->2PREFACE.INVERSELY to the remoteness of time has been man's ascent toward the temple of knowledge. Truth hasmade its ingress into the human mind in the ratio by which man has attained the capacity to receive andappreciate it. Hence, as we tread back the meandering pathway of human history, every step in thereceding process brings us to a lower plane of intelligence and a state of mind more thoroughlyencrusted with ignorance and superstition. It is, therefore, no source of surprise to learn, when we takea survey of the world two or three thousand years in the past, that every religious writer of that eracommitted errors on every subject which employed his pen, involving a scientific principle. Hence, thebible, or sacred book, to which he was a contributor, is now found to bear the marks of humanimperfection. For the temple of knowledge was but partially reared, and its chambers but dimly lightedup. The intellectual brain was in a dark, feeble and dormant condition. Hence, the moral and religiousfeelings were drifted about without a pilot on the turbulent waves of superstition, and finally strandedon the shoals of bigotry. The Christian bible, like other bibles, having been written in an age whenscience was but budding into life, and philosophy had attained but a feeble growth, should be expectedto teach many things incompatible with the principles of modern science. And accordingly it is found tocontain, like other bibles, numerous statements so obviously at war with present established scientifictruths that almost any school-boy, at the present day, can demonstrate their falsity. Let the unbiasedreader examine and compare the oriental and Christian bibles together, and he will note the followingfacts, viz:—1. That the cardinal religious conceptions of all bibles are essentially the same—all running in parablegrooves.2. That every chapter of every bible is but a transcript of the mental chart of the writer.3. That no bible, pagan or Christian, contains anything surpassing the natural, mental and moralcapacity of the writer to originate. And hence no divine aid or inspiration was necessary for itsproduction.4. That the moral and religious teachings of no bible reach a higher altitude than the intelligence andmental development of the age and country, which produced it.That the Christian bible, in some respects, is superior to some of the other bibles, but only to the extentto which the age in which it was written was superior in intelligence and natural mental capacity to theera in which the older bibles were penned; and that this superiority consists not its more exaltedreligious conceptions, but only in the fact that, being of more modern origin, the progress of mind hadworn away some of the legendary rubbish of the past. Being written in a later and more enlightened age,it is consequently a little less encrusted with mythological tradition and oriental imagery. Though notfree from these elements, it possesses them in less degree. And by comparing Christ's history with thoseof the oriental Gods, it will be found: —1. That he taught no new doctrine or moral precept.2. That he inculcated the same religion and morality, which he elaborated, as other moral teachers, togreat extremes.33. That Christ differs so little in his character, preaching, and practical life from some of the orientalGods, that no person whose mind is not deplorably warped and biased by early training can call onedivine while he considers the other human.That if Christ was a God, then, all were Gods.THE AUTHOR.________PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.The author desires to say that this work has been carefully reviewed and corrected, and some additionsmade, embracing two chapters from "the Bible of Bibles," and some explanatory notes, and is now ableto place before the reader a greatly improved edition.The author also desires to say here, that the many flattering letters he has received from various parts ofthe country, from those who have supplied themselves with the work, excites in his mind the hope itwill ultimately effect something towards achieving the important end sought to be attained by itspublication—the banishment of that wide-spread delusion comprehended in the belief in an incarnate,virgin-born God, called Jesus Christ, and the infallibility of his teachings, with the numerous evilsgrowing legitimately out of this belief—among the most important of which is, its cramping effect uponthe mind of the possessor, which interdicts its growth, and thus constitutes a serious obstacle to theprogress both of the individual and of society. And such has been the blinding effect of this delusionupon all who have fallen victims to its influence, that the numerous errors and evils of our popularsystem of religious faith, which constitutes its legitimate fruits, have passed from age to age, unnoticedby all except scientific and progressive maids, who are constantly bringing these errors and evils tolight. This state of things has been a source of sorrow and regret to every philanthropist desiring thewelfare of the race. And if this work shall achieve anything towards arresting this great evil, the authorwill feel that he is amply compensated for the years of toil and mental labor spent in its preparation.NOTE.—As the different works consulted have assigned different dates for the same event, the authorhas, in one or two cases, followed their example, accepting them as authority; as in the date of the birthand death of the Gods of Mexico. The reader will also notice that the name of the same God is found indifferent countries. Example—Adonis and Bacchus are found amongst the Gods of both Greece andEgypt.4CONTENTS.PREFACEEXPLANATIONINTRODUCTIONADDRESS TO THE CLERGYCHAPTER IRIVAL CLAIMS OF THE SAVIORSCHAPTER IIMESSIANIC PROPHECIES.CHAPTER IIIPROPHECIES BY THE FIGURE OF A SERPENTCHAPTER IVMIRACULOUS AND IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE GODSCHAPTER VVIRGIN MOTHERS AND VIRGIN-BORN GODS.CHAPTER VISTARS POINT OUT THE TIME AND THE SAVIORS' BIRTH-PLACECHAPTER VIIANGELS, SHEPHERDS, AND MAGI VISIT THE INFANT SAVIORSCHAPTER VIIITHE TWENTY-FIFTH OF DECEMBER THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GODSCHAPTER IXTITLES OF THE SAVIORSCHAPTER XTHE SAVIORS OF ROYAL DESCENT, BUT HUMBLE BIRTHCHAPTER XICHRIST'S GENEALOGYCHAPTER XIITHE WORLD'S SAVIORS SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION IN INFANCYCHAPTER XIIITHE SAVIORS EXHIBIT EARLY PROOFS OF DIVINITYCHAPTER XIVTHE SAVIORS' KINGDOMS NOT OF THIS WORLDCHAPTER XVTHE SAVIORS ARE REAL PERSONAGESCHAPTER XVISIXTEEN SAVIORS CRUCIFIEDCHAPTER XVIITHE APHANASIA, OR DARKNESS, AT THE CRUCIFIXIONCHAPTER XVIIIDESCENT OF THE SAVIORS INTO HELLCHAPTER XIXRESURRECTION OF THE SAVIORS38912162022242932343739414244485054717577815 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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