Will you not, then, give it up that your religion is merely a human production, reconstructed from heathen materials--from oriental systems several thousand years older than yours--or will you continue, in spite of the unanimous and unalterable verdict of history, science, facts and logic, to proclaim to the world the now historically demonstrated error which you have so long preached, that God is the author of your religion, and Jesus Christ a Deity-begotten Messiah? Though you may have heretofore honestly believed these doctrines to be true, you can now no longer plead ignorance as an excuse for propagating such gigantic and serious errors, as they are now overwhelmingly demonstrated by a thousand facts of history to be untrue. You must abandon such exalted claims for your religion, or posterity will mark you as being "blind leaders of the blind." They will heap upon your honored names their unmitigated ridicule and condemnation. They will charge you as being either deplorably ignorant, or disloyal to the cause of truth. And shame and ignominy will be your portion. The following propositions (fatal to your claims for Christianity) are established beyond confutation by the historical facts cited in this work, viz:-- 1. There were many cases of the miraculous birth of Gods reported in history before the case of Jesus Christ. 2 Also many other cases of Gods being born of virgin mothers. 3. Many of these Gods, like Christ, were (reputedly) born on the 25th of December. 4. Their advent into the world, like that of Jesus Christ, is in many cases claimed to have been foretold by "inspired prophets." 5. Stars figured at the birth of several of them, as in the case of Christ. 6. Also angels, shepherds, and magi, or "wise men." 7. Many of them, like Christ, were claimed to be of royal or princely descent. 8. Their lives, like his, were also threatened in infancy by the ruler of the country. 9. Several of them, like him, gave early proof of divinity. 10. And, like him, retired from the world and fasted. 11. Also, like him, declared, "My kingdom is not of this world." 12. Some of them preached a spiritual religion, too, like his. 13. And were "anointed with oil," like him. 14. Many of them, like him, were "crucified for the sins of the world." 15. And after three days' interment "rose from the dead." 16. And, finally, like him, are reported as ascending back to heaven. 17. The same violent convulsions of nature at the crucifixion of several are reported. 18. They were nearly all called "Saviors," "Son of God," "Messiah," "Redeemer," "Lord," &c. 19. Each one was the second member of the trinity of "Father, Son and Holy Ghost."