I believe in one God, and no more and I hope for happiness beyond this life. The circumstance that has now taken place in France, of the total abolition of the whole national order of priesthood, and of everything appertaining to compulsive systems of religion, and compulsive articles of faith, has not only precipitated my intention, but rendered a work of this kind exceedingly necessary, lest, in the general wreck of superstition, of false systems of government, and false theology, we lose sight of morality, of humanity, and of the theology that is true.Īs several of my colleagues, and others of my fellow-citizens of France, have given me the example of making their voluntary and individual profession of faith, I also will make mine and I do this with all that sincerity and frankness with which the mind of man communicates with itself. I intended it to be the last offering I should make to my fellow-citizens of all nations, and that at a time when the purity of the motive that induced me to it could not admit of a question, even by those who might disapprove the work. IT has been my intention, for several years past, to publish my thoughts upon religion I am well aware of the difficulties that attend the subject, and from that consideration, had reserved it to a more advanced period of life. Chapter I – The Author’s Profession Of FaithĬhapter III – Concerning The Character of Jesus Christ, And His HistoryĬhapter IV – Of The Bases Of ChristianityĬhapter V – Examination In Detail Of The Preceding BasesĬhapter VII – Examination Of The Old TestamentĬhapter IX – In What The True Revelation ConsistsĬhapter X – Concerning God, And The Lights Cast On His Existence And Attributes By The BibleĬhapter XI – Of The Theology Of The Christians And The True TheologyĬhapter XII – The Effects Of Christianism On Education Proposed ReformsĬhapter XIII – Comparison Of Christianism With The Religious Ideas Inspired By NatureĬhapter XV – Advantages Of The Existence Of Many Worlds In Each Solar SystemĬhapter XVI – Applications Of The Preceding To The System Of The ChristiansĬhapter XVII – Of The Means Employed In All Time, And Almost Universally, To Deceive The PeoplesĬHAPTER I – THE AUTHOR’S PROFESSION OF FAITH.

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