This hideous doctrine of eternal torment after death has probably caused more terror and misery, more cruelty and more violation of natural human sympathy, than any belief in the history of mankind. Yet this doctrine was taught unambiguously by Jesus. — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was a chance that it could save them, or others, from the eternal torments of hell. Thus,… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not be stifled… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
Ethical teaching is weakened if it is tied up with dogmas that will not bear examination. — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
It is difficult, none the less, for the ordinary man to cast off orthodox beliefs, for he is seldom allowed to hear the other… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
There is no ground whatever for the claim, so often made by religious apologists, that these ideals are specifically Christian and originated with Jesus.… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
Jesus, in fact, was typical of a certain kind of fanatical young idealist: at one moment holding forth, with tears in his eyes, about… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent fallacies about the Christian Church is that it kept learning alive during the Dark and Middle Ages. What the… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to improve men's behaviour is to enlighten their minds: and today, against the strong opposition of the Church and… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellectual… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade - a far… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
This hideous doctrine of eternal torment after death has probably caused more terror and misery, more cruelty and more violation of natural human sympathy,… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
My chief aim was to combat the view that there can be no true morality without supernatural sanctions. So I argued at length that… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was… — Margaret E. Knight Copy Share Image
