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The Gospel According to Potts, Book Two
Richard Potts
其他書名
Selections from the Common Herd, 1924-1925, Including Uncle Dick's Concordance
出版Freethought Press of Texas, 2021-12
主題Philosophy / GeneralReligion / General
ISBN09982065559780998206554
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tuG-zgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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, repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, war, and capital punishment. The Gospel According to Potts, Book Two, consists of selected short articles critical of religion, which were published between 1924 and 1925, as well as the text of a pamphlet called "Uncle Dick's Concordance."