The Bible has for centuries blocked the way of progress. As an infallible book it has enslaved conscience, and encouraged intolerance. To defend its many puerilities, and even immoral tales, men have resorted to casuistry and dissimulation. I believe that men will be more honest, more tolerant, more progressive, more independent and more manly, if they could be delivered from the bondage of the Bible. To overthrow its tyranny and to prove that a book can not be the master of living and growing men, to make man free, to raise him from his knees, to bring back the color to his cheeks white with fear, and to give to his arrested mind movement--is my aim and my joy![2] FOOTNOTES: [1] See Saladin's _God and His Book_. [2] Those who wish to read further on this subject should consult the author's _The Truth About Jesus--Is He a Myth?_ * * * * * Publications by the Same Author A NEW CATECHISM. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged, with Portrait of Author, $1.00. THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS: IS HE A MYTH? A new book of 295 pages. Illustrated. Cloth $1.00. Paper $0.50. MANGASARIAN-CRAPSEY DEBATE ON THE HISTORICITY OF JESUS. 25c. PEARLS. (New Edition) Brave Thoughts from Brave Minds. Selected and arranged by M. M. Mangasarian. 25c. Lectures 10 cents a Copy THE CHURCH IN POLITICS--AMERICANS BEWARE! WOMAN SUFFRAGE, OR THE CHILD-BEARING WOMAN AND CIVILIZATION. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN GENEVA UNDER CALVIN. THE MARTYRDOM OF HYPATIA. MORALITY WITHOUT GOD. WHAT WAS THE RELIGION OF SHAKESPEARE. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ANALYZED AND ANSWERED. THE RELIGION OF WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON AND FRANKLIN. PUBLICATIONS OF M. M. MANGASAMAN Orchestra Hall Building A NEW CATECHISM Containing six new chapters, making altogether 22 chapters, with an introduction, and a photograph of the author, bound in cloth, 270 pages. Fourth edition. Price, one dollar. AN OPINION Sir. George Jacob Holyoake, of England, the friend and neighbor of the late Herbert Spencer, says this of "A New Catechism": "+It is the boldest, the brightest, the most varied and informing of any work of the kind extant. The book is a cyclopedia in a nutshell.+" --+_Literary Guide, London, Eng._+ Prof. C. S. Laisant, one of the leading educators of France, and a member of the faculty of the College of France, says: "Admiration is too feeble a word to express my opinion of 'A New Catechism.' It is a marvelous manual of rationalistic philosophy and scientific morality. To disseminate this book is to aid the cause of European democracy--the emancipation of the people. We congratulate Frenchmen for the opportunity of reading in their own language so beautiful and beneficent a book." M. Vandervelde, member of the Parliament of Belgium, says: