Experimental investigation of the spirit manifestations, [electronic ...

8 CONTENTS.King of Persia, as contrasted with the recklessness of Moses respecting the samo ''*'"belief—The worship of a book, idolatry—Evidence of Josephus and Gibbon vs.Mr. Maban—The worshippers of tho golden calf more righteous than their assassins—Just denunciation of the religious imposture and usurpation of Moses, by noblomindedIsraelites—Remarkable observance of the golden rule by Moses, in his lastadvice to the Israelites—Straining at spiritual gnats while swallowing scripturalcamels—The evidence which is insufficient to establish the iniquity of a sinnercannot be sufficient to establish the divine authority of a book — "Word of God, socalled, or the golden rule inverted by God's alleged commands—Pagan fearlessnessof death— Observations of Mr. IIuc, a Christian priest, that it is their religionwhich makes Christians more fearful of death than the Chinese—Mr. Hue's observations—Conclusion of strictures on Mr. Mahan's religious errors 396Conclusion.—The Pentateuch inconsistently represented as the basis of a belief inhuman immortality—Injustice of representing disbelievers in the Bible as not havingas good ground for belief in immortality as those who rest their belief on awork which, by its silence, tends to discountenance the hope of a future lifeThose who uphold the Bible against Spiritualism, the real antagonists of the onlysatisfactory evidence ever given to man of a future habitation in the spirit world... 423