The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations

A polemical survey examines twenty-seven sacred texts from various traditions, highlighting parallels among myths and doctrines. It presents extensive catalogues of alleged errors, contradictions, and moral objections in biblical narratives and doctrines, organized into thematic chapters covering flood and ark stories, commandments, prophecies, miracles, and numerical or factual inconsistencies. Biographical sketches critique principal biblical characters, while chapters challenge doctrines such as original sin, atonement, divine anger, special providence, and the notion of a personal God, advocating a rationalist understanding of sin and salvation. The author argues that clergy conceal these defects and endorses ridicule and skeptical inquiry as tools to expose religious error, urging caution about introducing sacred texts to children.