True man Quote by Chapman Cohen

“If theism be true man is mocked by a mirage. And the knowledge is made the more depressing by the belief that the plan is not accidental, it is not a product of the working of non-conscious forces, it is the preordained outcome of a plan that was deliberately resolved on by a being with full power…” quote by Chapman Cohen — Download Open image

““If theism be true man is mocked by a mirage. And the knowledge is made the more depressing by the belief that the plan is not accidental, it is not a product of the working of non-conscious forces, it is the preordained outcome of a plan that was deliberately resolved on by a being with full power to devise some thing wiser and better.””

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“[Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner belonged to] that small army of brave people who made it their duty, without thought of themselves or hope or expectation…

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“ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term, it admits of no paltering and no evasion, and the need of the world, now as…

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“Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on servility and shrink before independence. They feed upon worship as kings do upon flattery. That is why the cry of gods at all times is “Worship us or we perish.” A dethroned monarch may retain some of his…

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It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The fact before us is that all ideas of gods can be traced to the earliest stages of human history… There is an unbroken line of descent linking the gods of the most primitive peoples to those of modern…

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Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man who understands…

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Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.

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“Now, if the theist could prove that out of a number of equally possible lines of development living beings show one fixed form, and…

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The devil and God are components of a Siamese twin. Neither has any existence apart from the other. In denying the existence of the…

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“Science gives up to religion that which cannot be known, and as it does not know what it is, that cannot be known, it…

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A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to.

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It can be consoling to think your children are in heaven. You have got to understand that that doesn't make it true. Many people cannot understand that distinction.

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