David Marshall Brook's classic exploration of the lack of evidence for religions, religious beliefs, the basis of belief, and the effects of belief on society and history. Topics discussed include: The Evolution of Religious Beliefs, The Koran and The Old and New Testaments, The Prophets Mohammed, Jesus, and Moses Charlatans or Victims of Mental and Physical Disease, Soundness of a Foundation For a Belief in a Deity, The Persistence of Religion, Religion and Science, Religion and Medicine, Religion and Astronomy, Religion and Geography, Religion and Chemistry And Physics, Religion and Geology, Philology And Evolution, Religion and Witchcraft, Religion and Morality, Christianity and War, Christianity and Slavery, Christianity and Labor, Religion and Woman, The Philosophers and the Great Illusion, The Doom of Religion; The Necessity of Atheism, and Contemporary Opinion.