God is a spirit. Jesus was led up of the Spirit to be tempted of the Devil; and it is also true that spirits are very likely to lead men to the Devil. Too intimate acquaintance with whisky toddy overnight… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share
God is a spirit. Jesus was led up of the Spirit to be tempted of the Devil; and it is also true that spirits are very likely to lead men to the Devil. Too intimate acquaintance with whisky toddy overnight is often followed by the delirium tremens and blue-devils on the morrow. We advise our readers to eschew alike spirituous… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share
If special honor is claimed for any, then heresy should have it as the truest servitor of human kind. — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
The ameliorating march of the last few centuries has been initiated by the heretics of each age, though I concede that the men and… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race. — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the discussion is complicated by the fact that many eminent servants of humanity have been nominal Christians, of one or other of the sects. My allegation will be that the special services rendered to human progress by these exceptional… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share
On the Cross the Jesus of the Four Gospels, who was God, cried out My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? God cannot forsake himself, Jesus was God himself. Yet God forsook Jesus, and the latter cried out to know why he was forsaken. Any able divine will explain that of course he knew, and that he was… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share
Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid. — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue at all?… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made. — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
