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> [Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens - great catastrophes or conflagrations occur frequently - but evolution gives us a perfectly natural explanation of such order as there is. No distinguished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/today-we-know-not-only-that-there-is-a-terrible-amount-of-disorder-in/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

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## More by Joseph McCabe

> [An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/an-idea-or-institution-may-arise-for-one-reason-and-be-maintained-for/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [“In his numerous historical and Scriptural works Bauer rejects all supernatural religion, and represents Christianity as a natural product of the mingling of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/in-his-numerous-historical-and-scriptural-works-bauer-rejects-all/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the only theory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/evolution-throws-a-wonderful-light-on-all-the-struggles/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [The Papacy was corrupt for whole centuries: especially from about 880 to 1050 and (with a short decent pontificate at rare intervals) 1290 to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-papacy-was-corrupt-for-whole-centuries-especially-from-about-880/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/if-it-was-natural-to-reason-god-punishes-men-with-eternal-torment-it/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [Not material or economic conditions in the ordinary sense, but perverse religious ideas explain the suspension of civilization in Europe from the 5th to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/not-material-or-economic-conditions-in-the-ordinary-sense-but/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens - great catastrophes or conflagrations occur frequently -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/today-we-know-not-only-that-there-is-a-terrible-amount-of-disorder-in/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [I took a sheet of paper, divided it into debt and credit columns on the arguments for and against God and immortality. On Christmas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/i-took-a-sheet-of-paper-divided-it-into-debt-and-credit-columns-on/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-sentiments-attributed-to-christ-are-in-the-old-testament-they/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [“{ McCabe on the influential scientist Luther Burbank } His magnificent work, which added an incalculable sum to the wealth of America and left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/mccabe-on-the-influential-scientist-luther-burbank-his-magnificent/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [“The absence of theistic belief... { Defining the word 'atheism' }”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-absence-of-theistic-belief-defining-the-word-atheism/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [No pope ever condemned slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/no-pope-ever-condemned-slavery/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [The absence of theistic belief...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-absence-of-theistic-belief/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-making-of-an-atheist-implies-a-mental-stimulation-and-training/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

> [The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-rationalist-case-needs-no-straining-of-evidence-and-always-gains/)

[Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/)

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