BY JOSEPH WHELESS
CHAPTER ONE
THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY
THE GENESIS OF CHRISTIANITY
THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
THE NEW AND THE OLDER RELIGIONS
PAGAN TOLERANCE AND CHRISTIAN INTOLERANCE
THE DEADLY SANCTIONS OF RELIGION
"LIKE KING LIKE PEOPLE"
"NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH"
FAITH FLOURISHED ON IGNORANCE
"CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION"
THE "CHRISTIAN" PEOPLES
CHAPTER TWO
A SKETCH OF HEBREW SCRIPTURES
A SKETCH OF HEBREW SCRIPTURES
THE BIBLE A COLLECTION OF "LITTLE BOOKS"
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BOOKS
THE BIBLE LANGUAGE -- HEBREW
THE NAME OF THE HEBREW TRIBAL GOD
THE BIBLE ALL COPIES OF COPIES
AND TRANSLATIONS OF TRANSLATIONS
WHEN THE BOOKS WERE WRITTEN
SOME LIGHTS ON BIBLE CHRONOLOGY
SOME SIDELIGHTS ON MOSES
THE "FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES"
THE BIBLE "PREFACE"
SOME "POST-MOSAICA"
OTHER LATE-WRITTEN BOOKS
"YAHVEH" AND "ELOHIM"
A RARENTHESIS OF EXPLANATION
OTHER "SOURCES" OF SCRIPTURE
DUPLICATIONS OF INSPIRATION
INSPIRATION AND CONTRADICTION
THE LAWS AND TEST OF TRUTH
FATAL CONTRADICTIONS OF REVELATION
The Creation
THE "DAYS" AND MATTER OF CREATION
SOME SIGNIFICANT MISTRANSLATIONS
"ADAM" MEANS ONLY "MAN"
"LIVING CREATURES" AND "LIVING SOUL"
THE "FLOOD" CONTRADICTIONS
THE TOWER OF BAB-EL
JACOB'S LADDER, AND BETH-EL
JACOB'S BARGAINING VOW
SUNDRY OTHER CONTRADICTIONS
CHAPTER THREE
THE PATRIARCHS AND THE COVENANTS OF YAHWEH
THE PATRIARCHS AND THE COVENANTS OF YAHVEH
THE SPLENDID CIVILIZATION OF ABRAM'S TIME
THE "PROMISE" TO ABRAHAM
THE EGYPTIAN SLAVERY PROVISO
THE PROMISE OF ISAAC
ISAAC'S DUBIOUS PATERNITY
THE PROMISE RENEWED To ISAAC
THE PROMISE RENEWED TO JACOB
THE MIGRATION TO EGYPT
AMAZING MULTIPLYING
THE "SOJOURN" IN EGYPT
THE "FOUR GENERATIONS"
THE "INEFFABLE NAME" REVEALED
A "PIOUS FRAUD" OF TRANSLATION
A CURIOUS MUDDLING
WHY THIS "PIOUS" FRAUD?
A PECULIAR TEST OF PROPHECY
SOME ASSURANCES OF SUCCESS
CONJURING CONTESTS
THE FEARFUL AND WONDERFUL "PLAGUES OF EGYPT"
CHAPTER FOUR
THE WONDERS OF THE EXODUS
THE WONDERS OF THE EXODUS
"IN THE FOURTH GENERATION"
THE HOSTS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS
SOME PREGNANT FIGURES
THE AMAZING PASSOVER
THE MARCHING ORDERS
THE HOSTS ON THE MARCH
THE HOSTS AFRAID OF WAR
THE RED SEA MASSACRE
THE CHILDREN WAIL FOR WATER
SMITING THE ROCK FOR WATER
FOOD RIOTS -- HEAVENLY MANNA AND QUAILS
MIRACLE AND MATHEMATICS
THE MOSES FAMILY
WHO PROPOSED THE JUDGES OF ISRAEL?
THE TENTS OF ISRAEL
THE GREAT ENCAMPMENTS
SOME FEATURES OF CAMP-LIFE
THE "BURNING QUESTION" OF FUEL
CHAPTER FIVE
THE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS
THE FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS
THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE PRIESTS
THE TWO CENSUSES IN THE WILDERNESS
SOME CENSUS ODDITIES
THE LEVITES
THE MOTHERS OF ISRAEL
THE PUZZLE OF "SAME" OR "NOT SAME"
THE TABERNACLE AND ITS ACTIVITIES
SACRIFICES
MORE OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES
SOME JAHVISTIC MURDERINGS
THE RAPE OF MIDIAN
THE WONDERFUL LAST DAYS OF MOSES
MOURNING FOR AARON
WAR WITH CANAAN
TEN ENCAMPMENTS
WAR WITH AMORITES
WAR WITH JAAZER
WAR WITH BASHAN
THE EPISODE OF BALAAM
SPORTING WITH MOAB
CENSUS TAKING
EXPEDITION TO MIDIAN
"MOPPING UP"
CHAPTER SIX
THE "TEN COMMANDMENTS" AND THE "LAW"
THE "TEN COMMANDMENTS" AND THE "LAW"
DIVERGENT DECALOGUES
THE TABLES OF STONE
THE FIFTH MOUNTAIN TRIP
THE FIRST TABLES OF STONE
THE INCIDENT OF THE GOLDEN CALF
THE SECOND TABLES OF STONE
THE ACTUAL "TEN WORDS"
THE LAW OF THE DECALOGUE
LAWS OF SLAVERY AND MURDER
CANNIBALISM AND HUMAN SACRIFICES
OTHER DIVINE MOSAIC LAWS
MOSES NOT THE "LAW-GIVER"
THE "LAW" OF LATE PRIESTLY ORIGIN
THE "FINDING" OF THE LAW
THE LAW AND THE REFORMS
POSITIVE PROOFS AGAINST MOSES
BIBLE HISTORY DISPROVES THE "LAW OF MOSES"
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE "CONQUEST" OF THE PROMISED LAND
THE "CONQUEST" OF THE PROMISED LAND
BUT NOT CONQUERED
THE ABJECT SUBJECTION OF ISRAEL
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE HEBREW HEATHEN RELIGION.
SEX WORSHIP AND IDOLS
THE HEBREW HEATHEN RELIGION
PHALLISM, OR SEX-WORSHIP
THE PRIMITIVE TRINITY
PHALLIC EMBLEMS
THE PATRIARCHAL PHALLIC IDOLATRY
THE PHALLIC SYMBOLS OF SCRIPTURE
THE "PILLARS" OR MAZZEBAHS OF YAHVEH
THIS "GROVES" OR ASHERAHS
YAHVEH'S PHALLIC EPHODS AND TERAPHIM
THE SACRED DICE OF YAHVEH
OTHER HEATHEN RITES OF YAHVEH
THE TEMPLE AN IDOL HOUSE
THE TEMPLE HARLOTS OF YAHVEH
PHALLUS HOMAGE
SANCTITY OF THE PHALLUS
THE SUPERSTITION OF WITCHCRAFT
THE BIBLE A GREAT "DREAM BOOK"
CHAPTER NINE
THE PAGAN GOD -- AND GODS -- OF ISRAEL
THE PAGAN GOD -- AND GODS -- OF ISRAEL
PAGAN ORIGINS OF THE HEBREWS
THE HEBREWS WERE HEATHENS
"EL" -- "BEL" AND "BAAL"
"BAAL" IS "LORD"
YAHVEH IS BAAL
HA-ELOHIM YISHRAEL -- THE GODS OF ISRAEL
THE ORIGINAL HEBREW WORDS
"THE GODS CREATED"
PLURALITY OF GODS BETRAYED
Plural Nouns and Plural Verbs
The "Plural of Dignity"
YAHVEH -- "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Many "Other Gods" are Acknowledged
The God of Israel and the Gods of the Nations
PAGAN BIBLE NAMES
CHAPTER TEN
YAHWEH -- THE "TERRIBLE GOD" OF ISRAEL
YAHVEH -- THE "TERRIBLE GOD" OF ISRAEL
YAHVEH AS A SUPERMAN
EX NIHIL NIHIL
YAHVEH A LOCAL DEITY
YAHVEH A KING ELOHIM
YAHVEH AS A WAR-GOD
YAHVEH, WAR-GOD OF ISRAEL
PERSONAL TRAITS OF YAHVEH
YAHVEH A DEITY OF TERROR
A GOD OF BLOODY MURDER
YAHVEH THE VENGEFUL
THE CHANGEFUL YAHVEH
YAHVEH REPENTANT
THE FATHER OF LIES
THE LUSTS OF YAHVEH
YAHVEH THE WHITE-SLAVER
L'ENVOI
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE HOLY PRIESTS AND PROPHETS OF YAHWEH
THE HOLY PRIESTS AND PROPHETS OF YAHVEH
PRIESTS BEFORE MOSES
A "KINGDOM OF PRIESTS"
REVELATION OF PRIESTLY MONOPOLY
THE PRIESTLY PERQUISITES
THE HOLY FAKIR PROPHETS
THE FRENZIED PROPHETS
THE DIVINE TEST OF PROPHECY
SAMUEL, DEAN OF THE PROFESSION
ELIJAH
ELISHA
ISAIAH
JEREMIAH
EZEKIEL
DANIEL
YAHVEH'S HOWLING DERVISHES
PROPHETIC EROTICISM
PROPHETIC LYING FACTIONS
CONFESSIONS OF THE PROPHETS
THE PROPAGANDISTS OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER TWELVE
BIBLE THEOLOGY AND MODERN TRUTH
BIBLE THEOLOGY AND MODERN TRUTH
Galileo
WITCHCRAFT AND INSPIRATION
ANCIENT FAITH YET FULLY VALID
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
THE "PROPHECIES" OF JESUS CHRIST
THE "PROPHECIES" OF JESUS CHRIST
THE GOSPEL RECORDS
The Miraculous "Virgin Birth" of Jesus
"VIRGIN" OR "YOUNG WOMAN"
THE "SIGN" OF A FALSE PROPHECY
Where the King was Born
"Out of Egypt"
"Out-Hereding" Herod
The "Nazarne"
The Great Light
He Bore Our Infirmities
The "Bruised Reed"
"The King Cometh"
What is this One?
The "Potter's Field"
JUDAS HANGED HIMSELF?
Parting His Garments
MARK'S APPEALS TO PROPHECY
To "Prepare the Way"
"Numbered among Transgressors"
LUKE CITES PROPHECY
"GENEALOGIES" OF JESUS
JOHN APPEALS TO PROPHECY
A Prophecy Puzzle
"For Moses Wrote of Me" (Jesus)
Who Hath Believed? And Why Not?
A Cooking Lesson as "Prophecy"
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE INSPIRED "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS"
OF THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST
THE INSPIRED "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS"
THE DATELESS NAZARENE
THE "BLESSED NAME" OF JESUS
GENEALOGIES OF JESUS
VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
THE SHEPHERD CHOIR
THE NOCTURNAL FLIGHT TO EGYPT
THE "MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS"
JOHN AND THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
THE TEMPTATION IN THE WILDERNESS
THE APOSTLES CHOSEN
"THE TWELVE"
APOSTOLIC GREED AND STRIFE
OTHER APOSTOLIC TANGLES
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT -- OR THE PLAN
THIS LORD'S PRAYER
CHRIST ANOINTED
JESUS -- KING OF THE JEWS
POT-POURRI OF INSPIRED INHARMONIES
ECCE HOMO!
SECRECY ENJOINED
SUPERSTITIONS OF JESUS CHRIST
THE "SECOND COMING" OF CHRIST
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
MORE: "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS"
THE CLOSING SCENES OF THE DRAMA
MORE "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS"
THE LAST SUPPER
THE "LORD'S SUPPER" OR EUCHARIST
THE BETRAYAL AND ARREST
PETER'S DENIAL OF JESUS
THE TRIAL OF JESUS
THE CRUCIFIXION
BEARING THE CROSS
WHEN WAS IT?
THE INSCRIPTION
THE WITNESSES
THE INCIDENTS AT THE CRUCIFIXION
THE LAST WORDS
THE WONDERS AT DEATH
THE BURIAL SCENE
THE RESURRECTION
BREAKING THE RESURRECTION NEWS
POST-RESURRECTION APPEARANCES OF JESUS
THE FIRST APPEARANCE
THE SECOND APPEARANCE
THIRD APPEARANCE
FOURTH APPEARANCE
SUNDAY OTHER APPEARANCES
THE ASCENSION
NOBODY BELIEVED THE "IDLE TALES"
A PROPHET WITHOUT HONOR
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
THE SACRED DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY
THE SACRED DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY
THE FORMULA OF FAITH
LYING AND FRAUD ADMITTED
REDEMPTION FROM THE CURSE
FREE FOR ALL OR LIMITED
"SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS"
BELIEVE AND BE SAVED -- OR STAY DAMNED
REPENTANCE AS A CONDITION
ELECTED OR ECLECTIC?
FAITH OR WORKS?
LAW OR NOT LAW?
CIRCUMCISION OR UNCIRCUMCISION?
BAPTISM AND BACKSLIDING
FORGIVENESS OF SIN
RESURRECTION
THE FINAL JUDGMENT
THE "SECOND COMING"
DEVILOLOGY
FIGHTING THE DEVILS
THE PENALTIES OF UNBELIEF
INTOLERANCE AND DESTRUCTION
INSPIRED PRIESTLY PRESUMPTION
AN INFAMOUS ACCUSATION
THE APOSTLES' VIEWS OF EACH OTHER
KNOWLEDGE SCORNED -- IGNORANCE EXALTED
CHILDISH FAITH FOR SALVATION
DAMNATION FOR UNBELIEF
FATUOUS FANATICISM
THE "PRINCE OF PEACE"
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THE CHRISTIAN "PLAN OF SALVATION"
ORIGINAL SIN AND ETERNAL DAMNATION
THE CHRISTIAN "PLAN OF SALVATION"
THE REVELATION OF THE FALL
THE "CURSE" IN EDEN
THE SNAKE CURSE
THE CURSE ON WOMAN
THE CURSE ON MAN
THE "CURSE" INNOCUOUS
THE "CURSE" LIFTED
THE RIDDLE OF THE SERPENT SEED
A BIG CHANCE MISSED
DAMNATION A CHRISTIAN DOGMA
PAUL THE APOSTLE
THE "PLAN OF SALVATION"
"REDEMPTION FROM THE CURSE"
THE CURSE NOT 100% REDEEMED
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
REVELATIONS OF THE HEREAFTER
HEAVEN, HELL, AND PURGATORY
REVELATIONS OF THE HEREAFTER
WHAT HEAVEN IS AND WHERE
SO THIS IS HELL
CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE
A DAMNED PLACE IS HELL
PURGATORY -- AND PAY
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CESSET SUPERSTITION AND THEN?
CESSET SUPERSTITIO! AND THEN?
WHO WAS JOSEPH WHELESS
Though I deeply appreciate Joseph Wheless' labor, his conclusions concerning the existence of God saddens me. Nevertheless, his conclusions are a perfect example of the awful harm that is caused when one's faith is not in God alone as it should be, but is in what men have said of God. For faith in God and faith in what the Bible has said of God are not one and the same.
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