<p>First published in 1899, Sinai and Olympus is a classic, an outstanding example of the thoughtful, reasoned, and well-researched sort of writing that characterized Texas' Golden Age of Freethought, an era that began shortly after the Civil War and lasted until just before the First World War began. For reasons that have been lost to history, its author, who is now known to have been a prominent Dallas lawyer, chose to mask his identity by humorously styling himself "A Texas Pagan."The author's message, which is just as compelling today as it was at the end of the nineteenth century, is quite clear: There is ample evidence that all deities are human constructs and that the most recent, the Judaeo-Christian god of today, is the result of plagiarism, that he and other biblical figures are recognizably-similar versions of the earlier so-called "pagan" gods that were invented and worshiped by the ancient Greeks and Romans. In the book's final chapters, he implores his readers to free themselves from the "despotism of a false religion," a "frightful superstition that poisons every source of happiness and blights every joy in, perhaps, the only life we shall ever live" and come into the light of reason.</p>

Sinai and Olympus: Parallels in Heathen Myth and Hebrew Scripture, by a Texas Pagan

Politics & Social Sciences

Edwards, Charles Littleton

Philosophy

Freethought Press of Texas

<p>For more than 30 years, Richard Potts, the feisty, radical, bespectacled editor of The Common Herd, "the only Freethought publication in Texas," entertained and informed his readers about a whole host of topics including politics, economics, health, current events, but mostly religion, which he eschewed. A former Baptist Sunday School teacher-turned-atheist, Potts took every opportunity to point out the flaws of Christian theology in particular, as well the whole idea of religion in general. He was also a social activist who unsuccessfully ran for public office multiple times, while actively supporting prohibition, women's rights, African-American civil rights, a simplified system of taxation, and free speech.  In addition to religion, he also opposed the Ku Klux Klan and the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The Gospel According to Potts, Book One, consists of selected short articles critical of religion, which were published between 1922 and 1923.</p>

The Gospel According to Potts, Book One: Selections from the Common Herd, 1922-1923

Potts, Richard

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Sinai and Olympus: Parallels in Heathen Myth and Hebrew Scripture, by a Texas Pagan

The Gospel According to Potts, Book One: Selections from the Common Herd, 1922-1923