Project Gutenberg 2012-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 59 Mangasarian, M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) 1859 1943 Mangasarian, Mangasar Mugurditch Is the Morality of Jesus Sound? A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society Produced by Paul Clark, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Is the Morality of Jesus Sound?" by M. M. Mangasarian is a critical lecture delivered in the early 20th century, meant to provoke thought and discussion regarding the ethical teachings attributed to Jesus Christ. This thought-provoking work is a philosophical critique that examines the foundations of Christian morality, ultimately questioning the validity and universality of Jesus's moral principles. Mangasarian, an outspoken rationalist, challenges the notion that Jesus's teachings represent the pinnacle of moral thought. In the book, Mangasarian explores various aspects of Jesus's teachings, arguing that they are heavily influenced by a provincial worldview and a pessimistic view of life. He points out that Jesus's morality lacks universal appeal, instead reflecting the beliefs and limitations of his time. By discussing specific examples from the gospels, Mangasarian critiques the themes of asceticism, the implications of Jesus's teachings on poverty, and the problematic views on judgment and forgiveness. Ultimately, he calls for a reevaluation of morality that prioritizes human experience and rational thought over the supernatural constructs of religion, suggesting that humanity can find better guiding principles beyond the dogmas of Christianity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41650/41650-h/images/i_title.jpg en Jesus Christ BT Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 80926 80935 2024-09-17T12:42:39.668940 2023-09-18T07:35:27.139337 text/html text/html 77690 2012-12-18T09:40:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 77866 2012-12-18T09:41:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 95749 2024-09-17T12:42:41.740939 application/epub+zip 95485 2024-09-17T12:42:40.085952 application/epub+zip 95485 2024-09-17T12:42:39.857944 application/epub+zip 130259 2024-09-17T12:42:43.231915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121260 2024-09-17T12:42:41.527924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121475 2022-09-19T05:25:20.194914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71673 71449 2024-09-17T12:42:39.523945 2023-09-18T07:35:26.991341 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 71574 2012-12-18T09:40:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 28154 2012-12-18T09:41:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 71560 2012-12-18T09:41:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28134 2012-12-18T09:41:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20232 2024-09-17T12:42:43.366913 application/rdf+xml 10797 2024-09-17T12:42:39.932946 image/jpeg 2027 2024-09-17T12:42:39.892939 image/jpeg 79215 2024-09-17T12:42:39.678942 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 en.wikipedia