Of Myth and Men.(Buddha, Moses, Jesus Christ, Muhammad) From: Free Inquiry | Date: December 22, 1999| Author: Price, Robert M. | COPYRIGHT 1999 Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A summary of the historical facts known about the great religious founders is presented. The religious founders are Buddha, Moses, Jesus Christ, and Muhammad.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ORIGINATORS OF THE MAJOR RELIGIONS--WHAT DID THEY REALLY SAY AND DO?

The lives of most religious founders have come down to us, not as straight biography, but as sets of devotional myths and pious object lessons. The aim of these stories is not to inform the reader so much as to edify. As t...

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