A handbook of Freethought : $b containing in condensed and systematized form a vast amount of evidence against the superstitious doctrines of Christianity — John Shaqi
A handbook of Freethought : $b containing in condensed and systematized form a vast amount of evidence against the superstitious doctrines of Christianity
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A handbook of Freethought : $b containing in condensed and systematized form a vast amount of evidence against the superstitious doctrines of Christianity
Christianity -- Controversial literature; Free thought
"And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field,
and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would name them." Some animals, as the Armadillo, and Sloth of South
America would consume more time in going from South America to the
garden of Eden, than Adam's life covered. And how could the polar
bear and the humming bird of the tropics pass through the different
temperatures to reach the garden of Eden? and how long could they
survive if they were even there, and how could they find their way
back to their former habitats? Did the fish all swim up to the shore
and range themselves in a row to be named?
We wish to call attention to the grand review of the animals, to
point out the implication that Adam could not find a helpmeet among
them. We read:
"And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the
field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see
what he would name them. And whatsoever Adam called every living
creature that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all
the cattle, to the fowl of the air, to every beast of the field,
but for Adam there was not found an helpmeet for him."
Now the very words, "was not found," imply that search was made for a
helpmeet, but none could be found. And because none could be found,
therefore the Lord God went immediately to work to make a woman for
him. The Creator threw him into a deep sleep, and while in that
unconscious condition and unable to do or say a thing in his own
defense, the Lord took out a rib, or as Ingersoll says, "a cutlet,"
while Dr. Talmage insists that God took out Adam's "side" and reformed
it into a woman, and as the text reads, "Brought her unto the man." Was
he not there right on the spot? Was it necessary for the Lord after
taking out the rib to go off a distance by himself that he might finish
the work undisturbed? Unless something of the kind was necessary we
do not see the force of the sentence, "Brought her unto the man."
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