slight, and that all the acts and words of Jesus had been anticipated
by other teachers long before the Christian era, then it is borne in
upon one's mind that the historic basis of Christianity is very frail.
And when one realises that the Christian theology, besides being
borrowed from older religions, is manifestly opposed to reason and
to facts, then one reaches a state of mind which entitles the
orthodox Christian to call one an "Infidel," and to make it
"unpleasant" for one to the glory of God.

That is the position in which I stand at present, and it is partly
to vindicate that position, and to protest against those who feel
as I feel being subjected to various kinds of "unpleasantness,"
that I undertake this Apology.




THE OLD TESTAMENT




IS THE BIBLE THE WORD OF GOD?


The question of the divine inspiration of the Scriptures is one of
great importance.

If the Bible is a divine revelation, if it contains the actual word
of God, and nothing but the word of God, then it is folly to doubt