We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it,… — Chapman Cohen Atheism Copy Share Image
It's usually easier to rouse stupidity to action than to arouse wisdom to effort, for wisdom sees alternatives while stupidity lacks the… — Chapman Cohen Action Copy Share Image
“[Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner belonged to] that small army of brave people who made it their duty, without thought of themselves or hope… — Chapman Cohen Altruism Copy Share Image
“ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term, it admits of no paltering and no evasion, and the need of the world,… — Chapman Cohen Atheism Copy Share Image
“Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on… — Chapman Cohen Atheism Copy Share Image
It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The… — Chapman Cohen Accepting Copy Share Image
Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man… — Chapman Cohen Belief Copy Share Image
Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history. — Chapman Cohen Absence Copy Share Image
“Now, if the theist could prove that out of a number of equally possible lines of development living beings show one fixed… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
The devil and God are components of a Siamese twin. Neither has any existence apart from the other. In denying the existence… — Chapman Cohen Asks Copy Share Image
“Science gives up to religion that which cannot be known, and as it does not know what it is, that cannot be… — Chapman Cohen Religion Copy Share Image
If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an… — Chapman Cohen Atheism Copy Share Image
The trick is, after all, obvious. The Theist takes terms that can apply to sentient life alone, and applies them to the… — Chapman Cohen Able Copy Share Image
“It may also be noted in passing that both the theist and the Agnostic actually do deny the existence of particular gods… — Chapman Cohen Life Copy Share Image
It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one. — Chapman Cohen Acquire Copy Share Image
“And we know that the period during which the influence of Christian theism was strongest, was the period when the intellectual life… — Chapman Cohen Life Copy Share Image
Regularity in Nature is not proof of the control of Nature by a Divine intelligence; it is rather the reverse. If something-… — Chapman Cohen Causes Copy Share Image
Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social… — Chapman Cohen Born Copy Share Image
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his… — Chapman Cohen Agree Copy Share Image
“The whole of the argument of the advocate of the wider teleology is that God wanted the higher type. But if that… — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
I have hitherto followed the lines marked out by the Theist in his attempt to prove that there exists a mind behind… — Chapman Cohen Atheism Copy Share Image
Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. — Chapman Cohen Common Copy Share Image
The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches. — Chapman Cohen Believe Copy Share Image
Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it. — Chapman Cohen Enlightening Copy Share Image
