Origins of Religion | |
Religious Illiteracy | p. 3 |
What We Must Do | p. 5 |
Zoroastrianism, from World Bible and World Encyclopedia | p. 7 |
R.I.P. Religious Illiteracy | p. 11 |
Horus: The Way, The Truth, The Life | p. 13 |
Astro-Theology | p. 19 |
Reason And Religion | p. 33 |
Other Religions | |
Islam | p. 37 |
Jewish Humanism | p. 43 |
False Messiahs | p. 51 |
Many Gods | p. 55 |
Chief Seattle Speaks | p. 57 |
Comment on Chief Seattle's Speech | p. 60 |
Dead Sea Scrolls | |
Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls | p. 63 |
Robert Eisenman And "The Last Revelation" | p. 67 |
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes | p. 71 |
Dead Sea Scrolls Coverup | p. 73 |
Horoscopes | p. 74 |
The Bible | |
Must We Bash The Bible? | p. 77 |
Nonbelievers | p. 79 |
The Age of Reason | p. 81 |
A Brief History Of The English Bible | p. 89 |
Inspired Words of God | p. 96 |
Nonexistent Prophecies: | |
A Problem For Bible Inerrancy | p. 97 |
Prayer | p. 101 |
Noah's Flood as Composite Literature | p. 103 |
God | p. 109 |
Bible Morality | p. 111 |
Inerrancy | p. 116 |
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism | p. 117 |
Destructive Divines | p. 121 |
Jesus | |
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors | p. 133 |
Jesus: The Aramaic-Speaking Shemite | p. 141 |
The Last Supper | p. 153 |
Locating Jesus In Time, Space And Archaeology | p. 157 |
The Christ | p. 169 |
The Secret Gospel | p. 175 |
Mary | p. 178 |
Christmas Surprise | p. 181 |
Krishna/Christ | p. 185 |
Probing the Mystery of Jesus' Second Coming | p. 187 |
The End(s) | p. 193 |
The Cross | p. 196 |
Doctrine | |
Paul: The First Heretic | p. 203 |
The Trinity | p. 199 |
Do You Believe In Satan | p. 206 |
Original Sin | p. 211 |
The Resurrection: What is the Evidence? | p. 219 |
No Stone Unturned | p. 223 |
High Priest | p. 229 |
Baptism | p. 234 |
Consequences | |
Blood On The Ground, Churches All Around | p. 237 |
War | p. 242 |
Europe Decays And The Popes Thrive | p. 245 |
God, The Devil And The Fifty-Yard Line | p. 253 |
Hermes vs. Puritans | p. 255 |
Theocracy | p. 265 |
Father Serra And The Skeletons of Genocide | p. 267 |
Missionaries | p. 278 |
The Catholic Church | p. 279 |
E.T. a Catholic? | p. 280 |
Fundamentalism Now | |
The Religious Right's Walk Across Americas | p. 283 |
The Christian Flag | p. 292 |
Born-Again Student Meets Secular Professor | p. 293 |
The Fish | p. 301 |
Armageddon | p. 303 |
Three Cheers For The Creationists | p. 309 |
Quote from The Hero's Journey | p. 313 |
Killing Darwin for Christ | p. 315 |
Election Wrap-Up | p. 326 |
Church and Society | |
Church-State Separation: Endangered Species | p. 329 |
The Tax-Free Ride | p. 341 |
Honey, They Cut The Kid! | p. 351 |
Religious Traditions and Circumcision | p. 351 |
Female Genital Mutilation | p. 355 |
Female Sexual Castration in Cairo, Egypt | p. 357 |
Woman's Right | p. 359 |
Sexual Child Abuse In The Church | p. 367 |
The Secret Sins Of The Sanctuary | p. 377 |
Woman | p. 383 |
Dr. Jesus And His Degreed Disciples | p. 389 |
The "Mind Control" Controversy | p. 392 |
Religious "Love" Yields Holy Wars | p. 395 |
Holy Wars of the 1990's | p. 397 |
Peace Symbol | p. 399 |
Think For Yourself | |
Independence From Authority | p. 403 |
The Day America Told The Truth | p. 411 |
Wisdom From Ingersoll | p. 413 |
Truth Seeker In The Trenches | p. 415 |
Freethought On Trial | p. 421 |
Life As A Freethinker | p. 423 |
What Is To Be The New Mythology | p. 429 |
Appendix | |
Partial List of Freethinkers | p. 433 |
Freethought Terms | p. 439 |
Illustrations And Photos | p. 443 |
What do the following have in common? | p. 446 |
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