Project Gutenberg 2012-04-04 Public domain in the USA. 76 Offen, Benjamin A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion Principal Historical Facts and Personages of the Books Known as The Old and New Testament; With Remarks on the Morality of Nature Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by David Widger "A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion" by Benjamin Offen is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work addresses the claims of divine revelation within the Old and New Testaments and critiques the religious and moral implications of these texts. The author argues against traditional notions of a single omnipotent God while promoting the idea of free discussion and rational inquiry into religious beliefs. The opening of the work sets the stage for a critical examination of biblical narratives, beginning with the discussions of the Old Testament. Offen contends that the character of Jehovah depicted in the scriptures is inconsistent, capricious, and morally questionable. He suggests that the biblical stories, such as the creation, the Flood, and the fate of the Jews, illustrate an irrational and anthropomorphic deity rather than an all-wise sovereign. The author’s intent is to encourage readers to question established religious beliefs and embrace reason as a guiding principle for morality and human understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. BS Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 538498 538440 2024-10-16T14:31:03.117096 2023-09-17T08:23:53.254154 text/html text/html 539836 2012-04-04T08:06:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 185661 2012-04-04T09:19:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 307854 2024-10-16T14:31:23.341025 application/epub+zip 588092 2024-10-16T14:31:21.158988 application/pdf 588093 2024-10-16T14:31:09.415050 application/pdf 307971 2024-10-16T14:31:12.989013 application/epub+zip 612408 2012-04-04T09:07:24 application/pdf 599636 2012-04-04T09:19:46 application/pdf application/zip 300052 2024-10-16T14:31:06.561138 application/epub+zip 529379 2024-10-16T14:31:28.587994 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480987 2024-10-16T14:31:18.414033 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354626 2022-09-18T05:33:54.731629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 493228 2024-10-16T14:31:02.384112 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 493453 2012-04-04T08:07:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 177658 2012-04-04T09:19:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 491137 2012-04-04T08:08:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 177396 2012-04-04T09:19:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 491135 2012-04-04T08:08:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 177387 2012-04-04T09:19:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28654 2024-10-16T14:31:28.730940 application/rdf+xml 474857 2024-10-16T14:31:01.305062 2023-09-17T08:23:52.689182 text/x-rst text/x-rst 474859 2012-04-04T08:08:14 text/x-rst 171205 2012-04-04T09:19:46 text/x-rst application/zip 16549 2024-10-16T14:31:10.727028 image/jpeg 3720 2024-10-16T14:31:10.121057 image/jpeg 258676 2024-10-16T14:31:03.163082 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog