Logan Mitchell (freethinker)

Logan Mitchell (1802–1881) was a British freethinker and writer.[1]

Mitchell is best known for his book The Christian Mythology Unveiled. Mitchell committed suicide in November 1881. He left a large sum of money for any bookseller to publish his book.[2] It was printed several times under different titles, most notably by the Freethought Publishing Company in 1881.

Mitchell was an advocate of the Christ myth theory.[3] His views have been compared to Robert Taylor's.[4]

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Jesus Christ in the New Testament, has no reference whatever to any event that ever did in reality take place upon this globe; or to any personages that ever in truth existed: and that the whole is an astronomical allegory, or parable, having invariably a primary and sacred allusion to the sun, and his passage through the signs of the zodiac; or a verbal representation of the phenomena of the solar year and seasons.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini. (1889). A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations. London: Progressive Publishing Company. p. 229
  2. ^ Smith, Warren Allen. (2000). Who's Who in Hell: A Handbook and International Directory for Humanists, Freethinkers, Naturalists, Rationalists, and Non-Theists. Barricade Books. p. 754. ISBN 978-1569801581
  3. ^ Murdock, Dorothy Milne. (2004). Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled. Adventures Unlimited Press. p. 492. ISBN 978-1931882316
  4. ^ Wiener, Joel H. (1983). Radicalism and Freethought in Nineteenth-century Britain: The Life of Richard Carlile. Greenwood Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0313235320
  5. ^ Mitchell, Logan (1842). The Christian mythology unveiled, lectures. Cousins. p. 151. (Image of Title page & p. 151 at Google Books) {{cite book}}: External link in |quote= (help)