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Agnostic Quote by Joseph McCabe

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“The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.”

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An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

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“In his numerous historical and Scriptural works Bauer rejects all supernatural religion, and represents Christianity as a natural product of the mingling of the…

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Evolution throws a wonderful light on all the struggles, eccentricities, tortuous developments of the human conscience in the past. It is the only theory…

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The Papacy was corrupt for whole centuries: especially from about 880 to 1050 and (with a short decent pontificate at rare intervals) 1290 to…

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If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in…

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Not material or economic conditions in the ordinary sense, but perverse religious ideas explain the suspension of civilization in Europe from the 5th to…

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Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens - great catastrophes or conflagrations occur frequently -…

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I took a sheet of paper, divided it into debt and credit columns on the arguments for and against God and immortality. On Christmas…

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The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before…

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“{ McCabe on the influential scientist Luther Burbank } His magnificent work, which added an incalculable sum to the wealth of America and left…

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“The absence of theistic belief... { Defining the word 'atheism' }”

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No pope ever condemned slavery.

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The prayer of the agnostic: "O God, if there is a God, save my soul if I have a soul."

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I'm actually, for the most part, a complete agnostic politically.

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Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that.

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There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend…

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“An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him.…

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If a humanist or an atheist or an agnostic says, "We'll bake you a pie," we can go right into the kitchen and bake…

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I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's me, sitting…

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All Gaza's temples are torn down and burned and the city is cleansed of every belief but the Christian faith. The most stubborn opponents,…

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I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe…

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“The Agnostic is one who asserts 'what no one denies' that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.”

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Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky.

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