Belief Quote by Chapman Cohen

We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce…

— Chapman Cohen

It's usually easier to rouse stupidity to action than to arouse wisdom to effort, for wisdom sees alternatives while stupidity lacks the imagination to…

— Chapman Cohen

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

— Chapman Cohen

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

— Chapman Cohen

“Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on servility and…

— Chapman Cohen

It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The fact before…

— Chapman Cohen

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

— Chapman Cohen

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

— Chapman Cohen

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

— Chapman Cohen

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

— Chapman Cohen

If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist —…

— Chapman Cohen

The trick is, after all, obvious. The Theist takes terms that can apply to sentient life alone, and applies them to the universe at…

— Chapman Cohen