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f AM AN AGNOSTPC.
Quetzalcoatl, Prometheus, Zoroaster, and Perseus, Cadom, Lao-tsze, Fo-hi, Horus and Rameses, were all sun-gods. i All of these gods had gods for fathers and their I mothers were virgins. The births of nearly all were announced by stars, celebrated by celestial music, and voices declared that a blessing had come to the poor world. All of these gods were born in humble places- in caves, under bees, in common inns, and tyrants sought to kill them all when they All of these sun-gods were born at were babes. the winter solstice-on Christmas Nearly all were worshiped by “ wise men.� All*of them fasted for forty days-all of them taught in parables-all of them wrought miracles-all met with a violent death, and all rose from the dead. The history of these gods is the exact history of our Christ. This is not a coincidence-an accident.. Christ was a sun-god. Christ was a new name for an old biography-a survivalthe last of the sun-gods. Christ was not a man, but a myth-not a life, but a legend. I found that we had not only borrowed our Christ -but &at all our sacraments, symbols and ceremonies were Iegacies that we received from the