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The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II.

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Title: The Freethinker's Text Book,

Part II.

Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History

Author: Annie Besant

Release Date: September 1, 2004 [EBook #13349]

Language: English

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THE FREETHINKER'S TEXT-BOOK.

PART II.

CHRISTIANITY:

ITS EVIDENCES. ITS ORIGIN.

ITS MORALITY. ITS HISTORY.

BY ANNIE BESANT.

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SECTION I.--ITS EVIDENCES UNRELIABLE.

The origin of all religions, and the ignorance which is the root of the God-idea, having been dealt with in

Part I. of this Text-Book, it now

becomes our duty to investigate the evidences of the origin and of the growth of Christianity, to examine its morality and its dogmas, to study the history of its supposed founder, to trace out its symbols and its ceremonies; in fine, to show cause for its utter rejection by the Freethinker. The foundati

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