Transcribed from the 1871 George P. Bacon edition by David Price. [No 11. BIOLOGY VERSUS THEOLOGY. THE BIBLE IRRECONCILABLE WITH SCIENCE, EXPERIENCE, AND EVEN ITS OWN STATEMENTS. BY JULIAN. * * * * * “Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas Quique metus omnes et inexorabile fatum— Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.” VIRGIL. “Know, then, thyself—Presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man.” POPE’S ESSAY ON MAN. “If it be possible to perfect mankind, the means of doing so will be found in the Medical Sciences.” DESCARTES. * * * * * * * * * * Lewes: GEORGE P. BACON, STEAM PRINTING OFFICES. 1871. CONTENTS. PAGE. INTRODUCTION 3 PART I.—SCRIPTURE IRRECONCILABLE WITH SCIENCE. (1) The Mosaic Cosmogony 5 (2) The Fall 11 (3) The Flood 13 PART II.—SCRIPTURE IRRECONCILABLE WITH HUMAN EXPERIENCE. (Miracles) 16 (1) Pre-historic Man 21 (2) Increase of Man 24 (3) Armies of the Jews, and numbers slain in 26 battle (4) Incredible Statements 28 PART III.—THE BIBLE IRRECONCILABLE WITH ITSELF. (a) Historic Errors 31 (b) Erroneous Figures 33 (c) Misstatements 39 PART III.—SECOND DIVISION.—SCRIPTURE CONTRADICTS SCRIPTURE. Contradictory Texts 46 CONCLUSION 61 INTRODUCTION.