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Christianity Unveiled Being an Examination of the Principles and Effects of the Christian Religion

By Paul Henri Thiry Holbach

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Uncover the truth as one man dissects a religion's past, and questions it's impact.

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2012-09-17
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Summary

"Christianity Unveiled" by Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger is a book where the author looks closely at the Christian religion, questioning its ideas and effects on society. The book starts by saying it's important to really think about religion, especially Christianity, using reason as our guide. The book suggests that Christianity is a mix of old, irrational superstitions that have caused problems like wars and unfair rule in the past. Instead of thinking for themselves, many people just blindly follow religious beliefs because that’s what they’ve always known, which can lead to ignorance and confusion about what’s right and wrong. The actions of religious leaders in the past and how they've affected government and personal behavior is also criticized.

About the Author

Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach, known as d'Holbach, was a Franco-German philosopher, encyclopedist and writer, who was a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Landau in the Rhenish Palatinate, but lived and worked mainly in Paris, where he kept a salon. He helped in the dissemination of "Protestant and especially German thought", particularly in the field of the sciences, but was best known for his atheism, and for his voluminous writings against religion, the most famous of them being The System of Nature (1770) and The Universal Morality (1776).

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