The Book Your Church Doesn't Want You to Read : (Or Synagogue, Temple, Mosque)

Preface 15 Tim C. Leedom Introduction 19 Bill Jenkins I ORIGINS OF RELIGION Religion, Where it Began 25 William Edelen Mithraism 27 Religious Illiteracy 28 William Edelen Across a Void of Mystery and Dread 30 Carl Herman Voss Zoroastrianism: Blueprint for Christianity and Judaism 38 Horus: The Way, the Truth, the Life 42 Albert Churchward Astro-Theology 47 Jordan Maxwell Reason and Religion 55 Mamas Jefferson Creation Stories 57 T.W. Doane Goddess Worship 64 Judy Chicago II WORLDWIDE RELIGIONS Islam 75 Rich Stanit Dome of the Rock 92 A Seed in the Mind 94 Ernest Renan Jewish Humanism 96 Sherwin T. Wine What is Zionism? 97 History of Palestine From 70 A.D. 99 Jews Against Zionism 102 Genocidal Depopulation: The Deir Yassin Massacre 106 Israel Shamir Hinduism 111 III THE BIBLE Bible Illiteracy 117 The Age of Reason 119 Thomas Paine A Brief History of the English Bible 125 Rocco A. Errico Nonexistent Prophecies: A Problem for Bible Inerrancy 132 Farrell Till Noah's Flood as Composite Literature 135 Howard M. Teeple Bible Morality 141 John e. Remsburg Inerrancy 146 A Few Contradictions in the Old Testament 148 IV THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls 153 alan Albert Snow Horoscopes 157 G. Vermes The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity 158 Dr. Barbara Thiering An Introduction to Gnosticism and The Nag Hammadi Library 162 Lance S. Owens, MD A Brief Summary of Gnosticism 165 Stephan A. Hoeller V JESUS The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors 175 Kersey Graves Jesus: The Aramaic-Speaking Shemite 182 Rocco A. Errico The Last Supper 193 Rocco A. Errico The Jesus Movements 195 Scott Bidstrup The Evemerists 203 Acharya S Messiahs 204 The Christ 205 John E. Rernsburg Mary/Mary Magdalene 210 The Line of David 213 Christmas Surprise 215 Probing the Mystery of Jesus' Second Coming 219 Shmuel Golding The Cross 224 VI DOCTRINE The Trinity 229 Robert Green Ingersoll Paul: First Christian Heretic 231 Shmael Golding Hell 233 Original Sin 237 Austin Miles The Resurrection: What Is the Evidence? 243 Tovia Singer No Stone Unturned 246 Dan Barker What's in a Name? 250 The High Priest 252 John Allegro Baptism 257 What is the Last of the Ten Commandments? 258 Dan Barker Rehabilitating Judas Iscariot 259 Dr. Robert H. Eisenman VII THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Catholicism: The Stamp for All Christianity 267 Christian History 101 268 William Edelen Constantine 269 Kenneth Humphreys The Council of Nicea 276 Acharya S The Crusades 277 Helen Ellerbe Inquisition, Persecution 279 The Cathars 282 Helen Ellerbe Europe Decays and the Popes Thrive 283 Joseph McCabe Missionaries 291 David E. Stannard Father Serra and the Skeletons of Genocide 295 Jose Ignacio Rivera The Vatican Bank Scandal 299 Conrad Goeringer Pope John Paul II: A Moral, Abject Failure When It Mattered 301 Gustavo Arellano Opus Dei 305 Franz Schaefer The Sub-Culture of Fatima 308 Karyn Easton Female Victims of Clergy Abuse 309 Barbara Blaine Sexual Abuse by Clerics: Historical Awareness of the Problem 311 Thomas Doyle Old Myths, New Myths 315 Barbara Blaine Is Any Neighborhood Safe? 319 Functional Atheist' Directs Theology at Catholic Boston College? 320 Eric Langborgh VIII FUNDAMENTALISM The Christian Right and the Rise of American Fascism 325 Chris Hedges The Good Book Taught Wrong 336 from People for the American Way Founding Presidents Not Christian 338 William Edelen Religious Coercion and Liberty 340 from People for the American Way Televangelists 343 Environmental Armageddon 354 excerpt from Bill Moyer's acceptance speech The Ends 358 Killer Jesus 362 Chad Cooper The Jesus Landing Pad 364 Rick Peristein IX ARCHAEOLOGY AND SCIENCE Some Specific Reasons Why Many Scientists Disbelieve In Creation Science and a Literal Interpretation of Genesis 376 Bruce A. Robinson The Seed of Ysiraal 380 Gerald Massey Locating Jesus in Time, Space and Archaeology 384 Gerald A. Larne Bone-Box No Proof of Jesus 393 Acharya S Relics 397 Catholic Church Perpetuating Another Religious Hoax? 398 from American Atheists X NEW TAKES, NEW CONSEQUENCES Witches: Exodus 22, 17 or 18 407 Hermes vs. Puritans 409 Stephan A. Hoeller To Those Who Are Investigating "Mormonism" 418 Richard Packham Polygamy in the U.S. 428 Corrina Murdy Nation of Islam 434 Rich Stanit Wallace Fard Muhammad 436 A Brief History of the Church of Scientology 437 Andreas Hehial-Lund Xenu 442 Jon Atack Dangerous Leaders 444 XI REVELATIONS What is it to be the New Mythology? 449 Joseph Campbell Humanism, the Hope for Mankind 451 Kelsey M. Leedom Wisdom from Ingersoll Quotes 454 from Robert Ingersoll Chief Seattle Speaks 455 Chief Seattle A Call for a New Reformation 458 John S. Spong Satyagraha, The Martyrs of Peace 463 Tim C. Leedom What We Must Do 466 Bertrand Russell Our Challenge 467 Acknowledgments 470 APPENDIX 483