The atheist does not say 'there is no God,' but he says 'I know not what you mean by God; I am without idea of God'; the word 'God' is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like dead languages and obsolete customs: the decay is long and - like the glacier march - is perceptible… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
God is a spirit. Jesus was led up of the Spirit to be tempted of the Devil; and it is also true that spirits… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
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… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
On the Cross the Jesus of the Four Gospels, who was God, cried out My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? God… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
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
