1930. Partial Contents: Lincoln the Freethinker; Lincoln the Soldier; Jefferson the Freethinker; Franklin the Freethinker; Burbank - the Infidel; Bible and the Public Schools; Small Children Receive Religious Instruction? a Debate Between Rev. Walter M. Howlett and Joseph Lewis; Mexico and the Catholic Church; Gems from Ingersoll.

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208 pages, with extensive bibliography on theism and atheism. Atheism is more than a belief in no god or gods. Take the unbelief test. Do you believe: 1. humans have souls? 2. there is an afterlife? 3. humans have greater intrinsic value than other life forms? 4. objective free moral choice exists in humans apart from genetic or instinctual factors? 5. there is accountability after death? 6. there is objective meaning to human life? These are some of over 50 questions raised in "If There Is No God: Meditations On Believing." Whether or not you believe there is a god, this book will challenge you to think a little deeper than you have before. The author encourages every reader to search for the truth and meditate on fundamental questions of human existence.

No matter what you think or believe in life, the mythology of Christianity revolutionized the entire world. Now, from the Author of "Empirical Truth" and the "Power of Light Vibrations" comes a new work called "Jesus Christ: Revolutionary Mythology." As a proud Pantheistic-Atheist, Christians are always telling me that because I am an Atheist I do not believe in anything, this is growing old. I inform them that because I am a freethinker that I believe in more things than they. In responding to their way of thinking it is they who do not believe in anything. There is no god, and the belief in Jesus Christ is the myth of celestial bodies and the legend of a man who may or may not have existed. It is a shame that the world has been placed into mayhem by the mythological sayings of Paul, the true founder of Christianity, a megalomaniac who fooled so many into believing that he was following the teachings of Jesus Christ. Was there a connection between Jesus' Birthday and 9/11? This book is about finding out the truth. Who was Jesus Christ? Many Christian's faith may be dismayed by the answers.

When Tertium Organum burst onto the New York literary scene its author, P. D. Ouspensky, was unaware of it. Piotr Demianovich Ouspensky, the most famous pupil of Greco-Armenian spiritual teacher George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, had written Kluck Kzaradkam (the original title) in his native Russian and it had been published in St. Petersburg in 1912. At the time of its New York debut his whereabouts were unknown. A Russian by the name of Nicholas Bessarabof had emigrated to America before the 1917 Russian Revolution and had taken the book with him. He gave a copy to architect Claude Bragdon who could read Russian and was interested in forth-dimensional consciousness. After reading the book a friend echoed Bragdons' sentiments saying; He has recently discovered a young Russian who "seems to us remarkable in many ways." The man has introduced him to Ouspensky and his book on the fourth dimension called Tertium Organum. Bragdon believes this book to be the "long sought New Testament of the Sixth Race which will justify the meekness of the saint, the vision of the mystic, and create a new heaven and a new earth." He is currently collaborating with Bessarabof on an English translation.A " In 1920 without Ouspensky's knowledge, Bragdon and Bessarabof published the book in English through Manas Press in New York. Meanwhile Ouspensky, a journalist and destitute author, had arrived in Constantinople with hardly a penny to his name. Later that year he was gratified to receive a substantial royalty check, and the news that Tertium Organum was a publishing success in English, and that his fame in literary circles was assured. In 1921 he wrote, "This translation, made without my knowledge and participation, at a time when I was cut off by war and revolution from the civilized world, transmits my thought so exactly that after a very attentive review of the book I could find only one word to correct. Such a result could be achieved only because Mr. Bessarabof and Mr. Bragdon were not translating words merely, but were grasping directly my thoughts at the back of them." In May 1921 Ouspensky received the sum of GBP100 from Lady Rothermere who was in Rochester, New York; it was wired with the message: 'Deeply impressed by your book Tertium Organum - wish to meet you in New York or London - will pay all expenses.' This invitation gave Ouspensky the opportunity to move to England where he secured Gurdjieff's permission to write a book on his philosophy. Ouspensky spent the next twenty years in England lecturing and teaching Gurdjieff's ideas and developing his own philosophy. His lectures in London were attended by such literary figures as Aldous Huxley, T. S. Eliot, and other writers, journalists and doctors. His influence on the literary scene of the 1920's and 1930's as well as on the Russian avant-garde was huge but today he is not widely known.

After teaching and ministering twenty two years as a Christian pastor and evangelist, author Dhungarvn the Grey became disillusioned with the self-righteous membership and church politics. He left the ministry and began searching for the truth. In his re-evaluation of his concept of God and prayer, he reconnected with nature and the idea of nature-based spirituality. His soul stirred with a yearning toward paganism. From Pulpit to Pagan is the story of Dhungarvn the Grey's journey from Christianity to paganism and his quest for truth. Horus, Mithra, Krishna, and Jesus all told their followers, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." The truth about Christianity frees the pagan of the guilt-trips inflicted by well-meaning family members. It frees them from the tendency to credit Christianity, the Bible, and Jesus with more truth than is valid. It frees them from the missionary traps and ignorant attacks by evangelicals. Dhungarvn suspects that many in the pagan community are programmed by their family experience and Christian upbringing; they hold onto the Bible and Jesus out of unconscious fear and guilt. From Pulpit to Pagan details Dhungarvn's struggles, but also provides hope for other pagans to become truly free.

The Heathen's Guide to World Religions is a humorous but accurate history of the murder, lust, greed, and sheer stupidity that have made the world's religions what they are today. "Hopper represents the most lethal of organized religions many opponents: a curious, well-educated individual with a sharp wit." Queen's University Journal Review "Wickedly fun and informative." Toronto Star "The Heathen's Guide To World Religions has taken up permanent residence on my bookshelves... a masterfully written, wonderfully funny, and deliciously snarky trip down religious lane." Al Stefanelli, UNITED ATHEIST FRONT. "Like Monty Python in religious garb... easily one of the best places to invest your book buying dollar." Georgia Straight

"Pursuing Your Purpose With Passion" provides a few practical steps to help the readers begin to SOAR--See Over Average Results start to take place in their lives.

THIS 22 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors or Christianity before Christ, by Kersey Graves. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 156459288X.

The Problems With Religion answers common questions about religion including, what is religion, where did it come from and why are most people religious? The book primarily focuses on the major monotheistic religions of today, what problems they present to a harmonious world of peace, health and mutual respect. Finally, Dr. Barrett describes what we all can do to move ourselves out of these problems and toward a safe and tolerant world.

An unabridged edition of The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, to include a Table of Texts of Evangelists addressed, and Jefferson's overall religious views by way of correspondence with Dr. Benjamin Rush (1803) followed by a note to Mr. Charles Thompson, with two replicated pages in Jefferson's own handwriting.

Formerly titled "Bible Bloopers: Evidence that Demands a Verdict Too " This is a collection of essays about the Bible from a skeptic. This was originally written in the 1990's for the Atlanta Freethought Society. The book was a sellout. It has been out of print, until now. The commentary has been updated and revised. Ledo examines numerous pop theories about Jesus and dismisses them. Many essays are the accepted scholarly notions about the Bible which are translated into layperson's language. Michael is also a bit of a heretic, even among his peers. He also looks at rejected theories about the Bible and endorses them. Michael Ledo is author of the landmark book, "On Earth as is it is Heaven, The Cosmic Roots of the Bible." This was the first book published by the Atlanta Freethought Society with the aid of Ed Buckner.

What do you get an atheist for Christmas?

If you're an atheist, you don't believe in the three wise men, so this Christmas, we bring you not three, but forty-two wise men and women, bearing gifts of comedy, science, philosophy, the arts, and knowledge. What does it feel like to be born on Christmas day? How can you most effectively use lights to make your house visible from space? And where can you listen to the echoes of the Big Bang on December 25? The Atheist's Guide to Christmas answers all these questions and more: Richard Dawkins tells an original Christmas story.Phil Plait fact-checks the Star of Bethlehem.Neal Pollack teaches his family a lesson on holiday spirit.Simon Singh offers a very special scientific experiment.Simon le Bon loses his faith (but keeps church music).AC Grayling explains how to have a truly happy Christmas.

Plus thirty-six other brilliant, funny, free-thinking pieces perfect for anyone who doesn't think of holidays as holy days.

All author advances and royalties for The Atheist's Guide to Christmas will go to Terrence Higgins Trust.

The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, "the little Genesis," purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through the medium of an angel, and containing a history, divided up into jubilee-periods of forty-nine years, from the creation to the coming of Moses. Though the actual narrative of events is only carried down to the birth and early career of Moses, its author envisages the events of a later time, and in particular certain events of special interest at the time when he wrote, which was probably in the latter years of the second century B.C., perhaps in the reign of the Maccabean prince John Hyrcanus. Though distinguished from the Pentateuch proper, it presupposes and supplements the latter. The actual narrative embraces material contained in the whole of Genesis and part of Exodus. But the legal regulations given presuppose other parts of the Pentateuch, especially the so-called "Priest's Code," and certain details in the narrative are probably intended to apply to events that occurred in the author's own time, the latter years of the second century B.C. The author himself seems to have contemplated the speedy inauguration of the Messianic Age, and in this respect his point of view is similar to that of the Apocalyptic writers. But his work, though it contains one or two passages of an apocalyptic character, is quite unlike the typical apocalypses. It is largely narrative based upon the historical narratives in Genesis and Exodus, interspersed with legends, and emphasizing certain legal practices. But his main object was to inculcate a reform in the regulation of the calendar and festivals, in place of the intercalated lunar calendar, which he condemns in the strongest language. He proposes to substitute for this a solar calendar consisting of 12 months and containing 364 days. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

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Also called Christianity before Christ, this book contains new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, percepts and miracles of the Christian New Testament and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides compromising the history of 16 heathen crucified gods.

To be common implies being ordinary or average. Why settle for mediocrity or an average life when abundance is available? Each of us are presented with the same common choices and yet there are those who seem to have success come easy for them, they seem happy no matter what life throws their way. Simply put those people seem uncommon There is nothing ordinary or average about those certain people. What is their secret? The secret lies within the choices those uncommon people make Those successful individuals that experience abundance simply make the right common choices that each of us are faced with on a daily basis. As you read "Common Choices for Uncommon People" and begin to implement the daily practical and spiritual application, you will find that you will become that Uncommon Person, that person that has chosen not to settle for mediocrity but to go for the abundance that is available. You will find that joy becomes a way of life. You will experience peace in the midst of storms. You will have others wonder what your secret is Then, as an Uncommon Person, you will be able to experience abundance as Jesus talked about in John 10:10 and you'll have opportunities to share how by simply making the right Common Choices, anyone can enjoy abundance and become that Uncommon Person

A warrior wins the hand of a princess with a bounty of foreskins; a skeleton bestows life to a corpse; a throne is endangered by revenge for incestuous rape; a sundial's shadow reverses on command; a demon attacks a family; priests part the waters of a river; a donkey converses with a soothsayer; a king hires a witch to contact a dead advisor; a sacred star plummets to Earth; an ancient race of giants is exterminated; a neglected widow seduces her father-in-law and becomes pregnant; a strongman poses a sticky riddle; thousands meet death for a mispronunciation; the dismemberment of a murdered mistress signals war; a woman drives a peg through the skull of a sleeping general; soldiers perish in atmospheric conflagrations; a holy man summons beasts to slaughter children; a prince is slain in mid-air-believe it or not, these incidents are available in a single book: the Bible. The Lesser-Read Bible is a collection of esoteric scripture, with commentary and related information, divided into twelve chapters: History, Repetition and Inconsistency, Laws and Curses, Murder and Mutilation, Sex, Women, Sneaky People, Tough Guys, Hard Times, Also-Rans, the Occult, and Celestial Phenomena. Warning: Portions may seem disturbing or inflammatory.

Sometimes tough love is the best medicine for those who need it. The Bitter Pill of Truth is just the prescription anyone needs if they wish to break the chains of religious repression and de-mystify the mystical. Whether you are secure in your faith, are looking for reasons for abandoning it, or are interested to know all the dirty little secrets that are kept hidden by a mask of mysticism, secrecy, and ritual, this is the book for you. Would you like to know the true origins of Judaism and Christianity? Are you interested in learning where the traditions and rituals came from? Does the mythology of ancient cultures intrigue you, and do you want to know how they played a huge role in molding and shaping not only history but modern-day religion? Are you ready-and willing-to see the glaring contradictions and plagiarisms contained in the Bible? Written in a no holds barred, gently-in-your-face manner, this book is an eye-opening look at the Judeo-Christian religion. A mix of history, religious insight, humor, and straight-talk, The Bitter Pill of Truth promises to educate the reader and truly open one's eyes. Filled with dozens of quotes from the great free thinkers of the ages for you to ponder and lessons from humankind's history be prepared to deal with some information you may never have reflected upon, or never even learned. Let history and science, combined with basic humanism, expose over 6,000 years of deceits and mistruths. Pour a big glass of cold water and get ready to swallow the Bitter Pill of Truth. But be warned: the truth hurts.

THIS 48 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: American Thought: From Puritanism to Pragmatism, by Woodbridge Riley. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766105679.

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, written by legendary author David Hume is widely considered to be one of the greatest classic and historical texts of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by David Hume is highly recommended. Published by Classic Books International and beautifully produced, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.

An Unabridged Edition (Parts I and II) From 'The Writings Of Thomas Paine,' Edited By Moncure Conway With All Charts and Tables, Notes and Footnotes, To Include A Chronology Of Paine's Life