Author: Charles William Pearson

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781331153528

Excerpt from The Carpenter Prophet: A Life of Jesus Christ and a Discussion of His Ideals It is to me a deep satisfaction that I have been able to complete this work, which I venture to affirm has been written with a sincere desire to promote truth and righteousness and with patient solicitude as to facts and expression, although it is evident to me that in the nature of the case it is but tentative and initial. There are probably many errors in detail and many instances of wrong emphasis and wrong shading, and, for the sake of brevity, much has been omitted. Yet it is, I hope, a step in the right direction, the beginning of a line of investigation which others may continue. The argument of this book is that all the superhuman powers attributed to Jesus, whether by the enthusiasm of disciples, by the imagination of poets, or by the self-interest of priests, are untrue, and if they are untrue it follows as a matter of course that they are hurtful. God is the God of truth and man becomes godlike in proportion as he knows and obeys the truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.