Table of Contents

PREAMBLE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

                                    PART I THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER I           THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING
CHAPTER II          OUR UNIVERSE TODAY
CHAPTER III         GALAXIES
CHAPTER IV         OUR EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS
CHAPTER V          HOW THE AGES OF FOSSILS AND
                                  ROCKS ARE DETERMINED

                                    PART II  LIFE
CHAPTER VII       THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
CHAPTER VIII      THE BURGESS SHALE
CHAPTER IX         EVOLUTION AND TIME
CHAPTER X          LIFE BEGINS IN THE OCEAN
CHAPTER XI         THE DINOSAURS ARRIVE
CHAPTER XII        THE WORLD OF MAMMALS
CHAPTER XIII       THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANS

                                    PART III RELIGION
CHAPTER XIV       HOW DID RELIGION START
CHAPTER XV        AN INQUIRY INTO THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
CHAPTER XVI       DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MYTHS OF THE
                                    EAST AND THE WEST
CHAPTER XVII      RELIGION OF ZOROASTER
CHAPTER XVIII     THE ORIGIONS OF THE BIBLE
CHAPTER XIX        HOW MUCH OF THE BIBLE IS TRUE
CHAPTER XX         THE EARLY HISTORIANS
CHAPTER XXI        UNKNOWN AUTHORS
CHAPTER XXII       GENESIS - IN THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER XXIII      ABRAHAM
CHAPTER XXIV      MOSES
CHAPTER XXV       JOSHUA
CHAPTER XXVI      THE START OF JEWISH TRADITION
CHAPTER XXVII     THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE BEGINNING
                                       OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XXVIII    CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XXX        THE TRIAL OF JESUS
CHAPTER XXXI       THE NEW LEGEND OF CHRIST
CHAPTER XXXII     CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES
CHAPTER XXXIII    CONSTANTINE (324 AD) AND LATER
CHAPTER XXXIV    TRANSFERRING SCRIPTURE
CHAPTER XXXV     THE ACTUAL WORDS OF GOD
CHAPTER XXXVI    UNKNOWN CHRISTIAN AUTHORS
CHAPTER XXXVII   CHRISTIAN EDITING OF SCRIPTURE 
CHAPTER XXXVIII  THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
CHAPTER XIL           THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
CHAPTER XLII          AGAIN - TWO DIFFERENT BELIEFS
CHAPTER XLIII         IS THERE AN AFTERLIFE
CHAPTER XLIV         DID CHRIST COME BACK TO EARTH?
CHAPTER XLV          IS THERE A GOD?
CHAPTER XLVI         HUMANISM
CHAPTER XLVII        THE FUTURE OF RELIGION

                                        PART IV
                 QUESTIONS REGARDING RELIGION
CHAPTER XLVIII       QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED

REFERENCES

QUOTATIONS

INDEX