M. M. Mangasarian

Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian
Born	(1859-12-29)December 29, 1859 Mashger, Turkey
Died	June 26, 1943(1943-06-26) (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Rationalist, writer

Mangasar Magurditch Mangasarian (December 29, 1859 – June 26, 1943) was an American rationalist and secularist of Armenian descent.

Biography

Born in Mashger (now within

During his life Mangasarian wrote a number of books. His most popular, including The Truth About Jesus – Is He a Myth? (1909) and The Bible Unveiled (1911), deal with the evidence against the existence of an historical Jesus. He also wrote hundreds of essays and lectures on questions of the times. His books and essays were translated into French, German, Spanish, and other foreign languages. The general subject of his writing was religious criticism and the philosophy of religion.

Mangasarian considered himself a Rationalist or a Secularist not an Atheist, since he considered atheism a non-verifiable belief system.^{[citation needed]}

He died at his home in Los Angeles on June 26, 1943.^[2]

Bibliography

• A Voice from the Orient (J. G. Ditman, 1885)
• A New Catechism (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1902)
• Christian Science, a Comedy in Four Acts (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1903)
• Morality Without God: Including Letter to Right Rev. Bishop Anderson (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1905)
• The Mangasarian-Crapsey Debate on The Question: "Did Jesus Ever Live?" (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1908)
• The Story of My Mind; or, How I Became a Rationalist (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1909)
• The Truth About Jesus, Is He a Myth? (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1909)
• How the Bible was Invented (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1910)
• Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality? (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1910)
• The Bible Unveiled (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1911)
• The Jesuits and Their Morals, (The Rationalist) (Unknown publisher, 1913)
• The Story of Joan of Arc the Witch-Saint (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1913)
• The Irish Question: Report of a Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society (Chicago: Independent Religious Society, 1919)
• What is Christian Science? (London: Watts & Co, 1922)
• The Neglected Book or The Bible Unveiled (New York:
  Truth Seeker Company
  , 1926)

Reprints

• Mangasarian, Mangasar Magurditch (2006). The Truth About Jesus, Is He a Myth?.
  ISBN 1-4264-1499-4
  .
• Mangasarian, Mangasar Magurditch (2008). How The Bible Was Invented: A Lecture.
  ISBN 978-0-548-90823-5
  .
• Mangasarian, Mangasar Magurditch (2008). Is Life Worth Living Without Immortality?.
  ISBN 978-0-548-85500-3
  .
• Mangasarian, Mangasar Magurditch (2008). Morality Without God: Including Letter To Right Reverend Bishop Anderson.
  ISBN 978-0-548-84313-0
  .
• Mangasarian, Mangasar Magurditch (2008). Rome Rule In Ireland: A Lecture Delivered Before The Independent Religious Society, Orchestra Hall, Chicago (1909).
  ISBN 978-0-548-88281-8
  .

External links

• Works by M. M. Mangasarian at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about M. M. Mangasarian at Internet Archive
• Works by M. M. Mangasarian at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Կենսագրութիւն. Պատ. Մանկասար Մանկասարեան Ազատութիւն, 1890, pg. 3.