James Hervey Robinson

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Robinson, James Hervey (20th Century)

Robinson wrote The Mind in the Making (1921), The Humanizing of Knowledge (1924, 1926), and The Human Comedy: As Devised and Directed by Mankind Itself (1937).

An atheist, Johnson held that religion is a gigantic fraud.

He wrote The Case Against Religion (1949), its chapter titles developing his findings:

I Religion Is Largely Inherited

II Religions Were Developed in Ancient Times

III The Probable Origin of Religious Festivals

IV Dreams, Nightmares, Visions

V The Tendency to Accept Blindly Religious Teachings Is a Product of Evolution

VI The Mentality of the Common Man Is Very Low

VII Hypnotic Influence Probably Accounts for Much of Religion's Control Over Its Subjects

VIII Religion Is Contrary to Reason

IX Science Disproves Biblical Stories

X Joshua and the Sun

XI Religious Customs Are Stupid

XII Prayers Are Worthless

XIII The Churches Supported the Cruel and Inhuman Practice of Slavery for Many Centuries

XIV The Bible Is Full of Obscene, Vulgar, Lewd, and Filthy Stories and Language

XV Priests, Preachers and Their Supporters Profit by Their Religion

XVI The Diversity of Religion Proves None Is a Divine Revelation

XVII The Bible Abounds With Discrepancies

XVIII There Is an Absolute Conflict Between Science and the Bible

XIX The Intricate Human Body Is Not an Evidence of God

XX Religious Customs Are Amazingly Stupid

XXI The God of the Bible is a Monster

XXII The Churches Must Have Political Support in Order to Prosper

XXIII A Sensible God

XXIV Daniel Being in the Lion's Den, if True, Was No Miracle

XXV Miracles of Healing and Magic

XXVI The Bible Incites Men to Crime

XXVII The Jews Have Suffered Great Persecution as a Result of Biblical Teachings

XXVIII Religion Is Aided and Subsidized by Selfish Commercialism

XXIX God and the Atheists

XXX The Evidence for the Existence of God Is Worse Than Flimsy

XXXI A Reasonable Analysis of the Sermon on the Mount

XXXII Christ Healed Fewer Persons (if any), Than the Average Doctor

XXXIII The Crucifixion Was Neither Divine Nor Heroic

XXXIV Christ's Sayings Are Garbled and Conflicting

XXXV There Are Grave Doubts Whether Christ Ever Lived

XXXVI Why Does God Allow Criminals to Prosper?

XXXVII Common Sense Would Dispel Religion

XXXVIII Revelations

XXXIX Religion Has Done Little to Prevent War, Famine, Crime, Oppression, Misery, Disease, and Unhappiness

XL Only Ignorant People Claim That the Universe Cannot Operate Without a God

XLI The Bible Still Promotes Bloodshed

XLII The World Would Have Been Better Off if Christianity Had Been Founded on Simple, Ethical Principles

XLIII Religion Has Never Supported Modern Democratic Ideals

XLIV Churches Should Pay Taxes

XLV Superior Men

XLVI The Philosophy or Ethics of Atheism

XLVII Men, Fit to be Called Men, Must Have the Courage to Express Themselves

XLVIII Summary of the Reasons Why Reasoning Men Discard Religion

(See entry for Preserved Smith.)

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