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McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955. Why I left the church - Image 35. 1912. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. April 21, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1058/show/1044.

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McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955. (1912). Why I left the church - Image 35. Socialist and Communist Pamphlets. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1058/show/1044

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McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955, Why I left the church - Image 35, 1912, Socialist and Communist Pamphlets, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed April 21, 2021, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/1058/show/1044.

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Title	Why I left the church
Series Title	Pamphlets for the million; no. 1
Creator (LCNAF)	McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955
Contributor (LCNAF)	Rationalist Press Association
Publisher	Watts & Company
Place of Creation (TGN)	London
Date	1912
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Catholic ex-priests Personal narratives
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	46 pages; 19 cm.
Original Item Location	BX4668.3.M33A3 1912
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304505~S11
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	This item is in the public domain and may be used freely.
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Image 35
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	uhlib_5792348_034.jpg
Transcript	WHY I LEFT THE CHURCH 35 cal range of vision we have the advantage of comparison wTith the growth of other religions. The proverb that history repeats itself is conspicuously true in the rise of religions. The story of Christianity had been enacted in the Far East centuries before Christ was born. The life of Buddha was as noble as that of Christ, and his moral teaching equally elevated ; the same mythical features had been added to it by his zealous followers. Buddhism has had more vicissitudes, and has, at the present day, more adherents, than Christianity; we have far less historical data to assist us in analysing its growth than we have in the case of Christianity, yet we feel no apprehension that, in attributing it to natural causes, we may be neglecting some revelation of a higher power. To the impartial historian, whose views are subsequent, not antecedent, to his knowledge, Christianity is but one member of a large family of religions—Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, etc.; its birth and life are similar to theirs; its death will be like theirs. Like man himself, it bears no peculiar marks to prove the supernatural origin and the immortality claimed for it. Thus, if it is true that the documents which describe the life of Christ are no longer worthy of implicit credence, we have no serious reason for thinking that Christ will lead us to a superhuman and supernatural life rather than Buddha or Zoroaster. The historical question is, then, the fundamental one. Have we an authentic description of his actions in the Gospel, and must we recognise a superhuman agency in them? This was always