God and My Neighbour
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.98 (527 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1535172339 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2014-09-13 |
Language | : | English |
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No writer in the history of literature ever won so vast or so devout a clientage for serious essays on social and economic reform.The fundamental cause of the 'common people's' devotion to Blatchford is the unmistakable sincerity and fervor of his devotion to them. When he tells the horrors of poverty, he is thinking of his mother." -T. Blatchford writes better English than any other master except Shakespeare and the author of the Bab Ballads. Blatchford writes in terse, vigorous and pungent style, well adapted to his readers. P.'s Weekly "Mr. When he pleads for the suffering little children, his pen is prompted by remembrance of his own childhood. If the best literary style is the style that is clearest, beyond all possibility of misunderstanding its meaning (which is not a bad test for people who set out to say something), then Mr. -George Robert Stirling Taylor, 'Leaders of Socialism, Past and Present' CONTENTSPREFACEFOREWORDSTHE SIN OF UNBELIEFONE REASONWHAT I CAN AND CANNOT BELIEVETHE OLD TESTAMENTIS THE BIBLE THE WORD OF GOD?THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIBLENOTES ON THE MOSES MYTH.THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO ANCIENT RELIGION AND MODERN SCIENCEJEHOVAH THE ADOPTED HEAVENLY FATHER OF CHRISTIANITYTHE BOOK OF BOOKSOUR HEAVENLY FATHERPRAYER AND PRAISETHE NEW TESTAMENT THE RESURRECTION THE GOSPEL WITNESSESTHE TIME SPIRIT IN THE FIRST CENTURYCHRISTIANITY BEFORE CHRISTOTHER EVIDENCES OF CHRIST'S DIVINITYTHE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WHAT IS CHR
Michael Rubin is Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. . Between 2002 and 2004, he worked as a staff advisor for Iran and Iraq in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Patrick Clawson is Deputy Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Five Stars truly great book. "This book does not disappoint." according to Rennyrij. Don't be fooled by the obvious reprint format and typewriter font - this book, written in about 190This book does not disappoint. Don't be fooled by the obvious reprint format and typewriter font - this book, written in about 1903 by Robert Blatchford during his early 50's, is of the highest quality, and a more cool-headed accounting of the inconsistencies of the Christians' Bible than any other I have run across. (I'm sure I haven't found them all yet!) This is a book you could hand to a clergyman or a "true believer" of Christianity, without insulting their intelligence or alienating them (unless they INSIST upon being alienated; we have no control ove. by Robert Blatchford during his early 50's, is of the highest quality, and a more cool-headed accounting of the inconsistencies of the Christians' Bible than any other I have run across. (I'm sure I haven't found them all yet!) This is a book you could hand to a clergyman or a "true believer" of Christianity, without insulting their intelligence or alienating them (unless they INSIST upon being alienated; we have no control ove
About the Author Patrick Clawson is Deputy Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Between 2002 and 2004, he worked as a staff advisor for Iran and Iraq in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. . Michael Rubin is Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute