--- title: "21 Joseph McCabe Quotes - Famous Pastor (The Rise of Christianity)" description: "Joseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life. He was \"one of the..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-mccabe-53431.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joseph-mccabe-53431.jpg) # Joseph McCabe (1867–1955) Pastor South Africa **21** quotes in **233** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joseph McCabe was a pastor from South Africa, best known for *The Rise of Christianity*. ## Quick Facts About Joseph McCabe Born November 12, 1867 Died January 10, 1955 Nationality South Africa Profession Pastor Notable works The Rise of Christianity ## About Joseph McCabe Joseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life. He was "one of the great mouthpieces of freethought in England". Becoming a critic of the Catholic Church, McCabe joined groups such as the Rationalist Association and the National Secular Society. He criticised Christianity from a rationalist perspective, but also was involved in the South Place Ethical Society which grew out of dissenting Protestantism and was a precursor of modern secular humanism. ## Quotes by 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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/joseph-mccabe-26676_condemned_no-pope-ever-condemned-slavery-1974760_1974760.png) > [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/) [Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/joseph-mccabe-26676_absence_the-absence-of-theistic-belief-2021436_2021436.png) > [Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/creeds-made-in-dark-ages-are-like-drawings-made-in-dark-rooms/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc4/joseph-mccabe-26676_age_creeds-made-in-dark-ages-are-like-drawin_2387709.png) > [“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/) [Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/joseph-mccabe-26676_atheism_the-absence-of-theistic-belief-defining_1717944.png) > [Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/any-body-of-men-who-believe-in-hell-will-persecute-whenever-they-have/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/joseph-mccabe-26676_believe_any-body-of-men-who-believe-in-hell-will_2717227.png) > [The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/the-theist-and-the-scientist-are-rival-interpreters-of-nature-the-one/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/joseph-mccabe-26676_nature_the-theist-and-the-scientist-are-rival-i_2737426.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/joseph-mccabe-26676_cases_the-rationalist-case-needs-no-straining_2287218.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/joseph-mccabe-26676_arise_an-idea-or-institution-may-arise-for-one_22468.png) > [Not material or economic conditions in the ordinary sense, but perverse religious ideas explain the suspension of civilization in Europe from the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/joseph-mccabe-26676_century_not-material-or-economic-conditions-in-t_1129199.png) > [If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/joseph-mccabe-26676_causes_if-it-was-natural-to-reason-god-punishes_970183.png) > [I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/i-am-what-is-called-a-feminist-thirty-years-ago-i-left-a-monastery/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/joseph-mccabe-26676_existence_i-am-what-is-called-a-feminist-thirty-ye_2472902.png) > [The Papacy was corrupt for whole centuries: especially from about 880 to 1050 and (with a short decent pontificate at rare intervals)…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/joseph-mccabe-26676_century_the-papacy-was-corrupt-for-whole-centuri_586435.png) > [A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/a-law-of-nature-is-not-a-formula-drawn-up-by-a-legislator-but-a-mere/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/joseph-mccabe-26676_bundles_a-law-of-nature-is-not-a-formula-drawn-u_2649774.jpg) > [“In his numerous historical and Scriptural works Bauer rejects all supernatural religion, and represents Christianity as a natural product of the mingling…](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/) [Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/joseph-mccabe-26676_atheism_in-his-numerous-historical-and-scriptura_166022.png) > [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/) [Agnostic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agnostic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/joseph-mccabe-26676_agnostic_the-making-of-an-atheist-implies-a-menta_2154105.png) > [The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees,…](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/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/joseph-mccabe-26676_bible_the-sentiments-attributed-to-christ-are_1547726.jpg) > [Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens - great catastrophes or conflagrations occur…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/joseph-mccabe-26676_amount_today-we-know-not-only-that-there-is-a-t_1281976.png) > [If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/if-a-single-one-of-these-gentlemen-is-correct-if-a-believer-of-any/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Atheism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atheism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/joseph-mccabe-26676_atheism_if-a-single-one-of-these-gentlemen-is-co_2305962.jpg) > [Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/evolution-throws-a-wonderful-light-on-all-the-struggles/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/joseph-mccabe-26676_age_evolution-throws-a-wonderful-light-on-al_514782.jpg) > [I took a sheet of paper, divided it into debt and credit columns on the arguments for and against God and immortality.…](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/) [Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/joseph-mccabe-26676_argument_i-took-a-sheet-of-paper-divided-it-into_1529012.jpg) > [“{ McCabe on the influential scientist Luther Burbank } His magnificent work, which added an incalculable sum to the wealth of America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/mccabe-on-the-influential-scientist-luther-burbank-his-magnificent/) [Joseph McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/) [Admiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admiration/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/joseph-mccabe-26676_admiration_mccabe-on-the-influential-scientist-luth_1591083.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-mccabe/#itemlist", "name": "Joseph McCabe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No pope ever condemned slavery.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph McCabe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-mccabe/no-pope-ever-condemned-slavery/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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