The Mistakes of Jesus

Author of Social Progress, People vs. Wall Street, Our Gods on Trial, War Resistance.
New York
THE FREETHOUGHT PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Copyright 1932 By THE FREETHOUGHT PRESS ASSN., INC.
TO DEVOTEES OF TRUTH
Transcriber's Note
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic spellings have been retained. Paragraph spacing has been normalised.
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The tradition regarding Jesus is so glamorous that it is difficult to review his life and character with an unbiased mind. While Fundamentalists and Modernists differ regarding the divinity of Christ, all Christians and many non-Christians still cling to preconceived notions of the perfection of Jesus. He alone among men is revered as all-loving, omniscient, faultless—an unparalleled model for mankind.
Respect for the principles of Jesus is so inbred in American people of all faiths that an attempt to disparage his worth is denounced as bad taste. The detractor is suspected of being an immoral person, no matter how convincing may be the proof which he presents. A conspiracy of silence is directed against any system of ethics advanced as superior to the Sermon on the Mount. In popular opinion Jesus never made a mistake; all his teachings were infallible; no other view is tolerated.
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