Is the creation story in Genesis nothing more than a botched version of a Babylonian myth? Is "free will" illusory? Are the Jesuits really educated men?<br><br>In these three classic essays"The Forgery of the Old Testament," "The Myth of Immortality," and "Lies of Religious Literature"Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), ex-priest and the "world's greatest scholar," exposes the inconsistencies, absurdities, and outright mendacity that lie behind the most revered texts and "truths" of Christianity.<br><br>With forcefulness, clarity, and often biting humor, McCabe attacks two millennia of Christian tradition which, he says, must withdraw before the weapons of science and reason.