The Gospel According to Potts, Book One: Selections from the Common Herd, 1922-1923

For more than 30 years, Richard Potts, the feisty, radical, bespectacled editor of The Common Herd, "the only Freethought publication in Texas," entertained and informed his readers about a whole host of topics including politics, economics, health, current events, but mostly religion, which he eschewed. A former Baptist Sunday School teacher-turned-atheist, Potts took every opportunity to point out the flaws of Christian theology in particular, as well the whole idea of religion in general. He was also a social activist who unsuccessfully ran for public office multiple times, while actively supporting prohibition, women's rights, African-American civil rights, a simplified system of taxation, and free speech. In addition to religion, he also opposed the Ku Klux Klan and the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. The Gospel According to Potts, Book One, consists of selected short articles critical of religion, which were published between 1922 and 1923.