The Existence of God or Questions for Theists (1894) by Charles Watts THEISTS of marked intellectual ability persistently avoid any attempt to defend the Christian’s notion of their God as he is delineated in the Bible. The reason, no doubt, of this is that the character given to the deity by the "inspired writers" is […]
Evolution and Special Creation (1880?) by Charles Watts TAKING a retrospective view of the dark and unenlightened past, when the mighty forces of nature were almost entirely hidden from the human gaze; contemplating the sad spectacle of our forefathers being sunken in gross superstition, ere the light of to-day had arisen above the horizon of […]
Discreditable Tactics of Christian Disputants (1880?) by Charles Watts DURING the past thirty years I have met in public discussion fifty Christian disputants, many of whom were fair in controversy. But some of my opponents appeared to have peculiar views as to what was right and horrorable in their dealings with Secularists. In 1872 I […]
The Death of Christ (1896) by Charles Watts THE sermons preached on Good Friday last, as reported in the various newspapers, afforded strange and peculiar reading to the non-theological mind. The one theme dwelt upon in all the pulpits was the death of christ with its complete and sublime scheme of redemption for fallen man." […]
The Claims of Christianity Examined from a Rationalist Standpoint by Charles Watts "To believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly." — VOLNEY. (Issued for the Rationalist Press Committee.) LONDON: WATTS & CO., 17, JOHNSON’S COURT, FLEET ST. PREFACE. IN the following pages there is no attempt to criticize all […]
Christianity And Civilization Charles Watts 14 page printout From an old, undated, book published by Watts & Co. entitled: 'Pamphlets by Charles Watts' Vol. I. The book contains the motto: -- "To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly." -- Volney. **** **** CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILIZATION. Why Christianity is Still […]
Was Christ a Political and Social Reformer? by Charles Watts ALTHOUGH Thomas Carlyle has said that "in these days it is professed that hero-worship has gone out and finally ceased," thousands of the professed followers of Christ idolize his memory to such an extent that they appear to be entirely oblivious of any defect either […]
Bible Morality (1873?) by Charles Watts From an old, undated, book published by Watts & Co. entitled: 'Pamphlets by Charles Watts' Vol. I. The book contains the motto: -- "To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly." -- Volney. **** **** BIBLE MORALITY. by Charles Watts Vice-President of the National […]
A Message To America Broadcast in the World Of Religion Programme June 25, 1933 by the National Broadcasting Company by Charles Francis Potter Founder and Leader of The First Humanist Society of New York We people of America have passed through a period of great stress. We need fresh courage and faith for the adventurous […]
Review of Nonbelief and Evil (2005) Charles Echelbarger Review: Ted Drange. 1998. Nonbelief and Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 403 pp. This article was originally published in Philosophy Now Issue 47 (August/September 2004). This Secular Web version contains minor editorial changes. Theodore Drange is one of a […]
Review of Nonbelief and Evil (2005) Charles Echelbarger Review: Ted Drange. 1998. Nonbelief and Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 403 pp. This article was originally published in Philosophy Now Issue 47 (August/September 2004). This Secular Web version contains minor editorial changes. Theodore Drange is one of a […]
Hume’s Tacit Atheism (1975) Charles Echelbarger This article was originally published in Religious Studies, Vol. 2 (1975), pp. 19-35. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. For more information, see Cambridge Journals Online. 1. INTRODUCTION A recent paper, ‘Hume’s Immanent God’, (in (1)* by George Nathan, contains an insightful interpretation of Hume’s Dialogues Concerning […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Preface I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scientific person on board, accompanied […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter IX: Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and The Falkland Islands Santa Cruz — Expedition up the River — Indians — Immense Streams of Basaltic Lava — Fragments not transported by the River — Excavations of the Valley — Condor, Habits of — Cordillera — Erratic Boulders […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter VIII: Banda Oriental and Patagonia Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento — Value of an Estancia — Cattle, how counted — Singular Breed of Oxen — Perforated Pebbles — Shepherd Dogs — Horses broken-in, Gauchos riding — Character of Inhabitants — Rio Plata — Flocks […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter VII: Buenos Ayres and St. Fe Excursion to St. Fe — Thistle Beds — Habits of the Bizcacha — Little Owl — Saline Streams — Level Plain — Mastodon — St. Fe — Change in Landscape — Geology — Tooth of extinct Horse — […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter VI: Bahia Blanca to Buenos Ayres Set out for Buenos Ayres — Rio Sauce — Sierra Ventana — Third Posta — Driving Horses — Bolas — Partridges and Foxes — Features of the Country — Long-legged Plover — Teru-tero — Hail-storm — Natural Enclosures […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter V: Bahia Blanca Bahia Blanca — Geology — Numerous gigantic Quadrupeds — Recent Extinction — Longevity of species — Large Animals do not require a luxuriant vegetation — Southern Africa — Siberian Fossils — Two Species of Ostrich — Habits of Oven-bird — Armadilloes […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter IV: Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca Rio Negro — Estancias attacked by the Indians — Salt-Lakes — Flamingoes — R. Negro to R. Colorado — Sacred Tree — Patagonian Hare — Indian Families — General Rosas — Proceed to Bahia Blanca — Sand Dunes […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter III: Maldonado Monte Video — Excursion to R. Polanco — Lazo and Bolas — Partridges — Absence of Trees — Deer — Capybara, or River Hog — Tucutuco — Molothrus, cuckoo-like habits — Tyrant- flycatcher — Mocking-bird — Carrion Hawks — Tubes formed by […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XXI: Mauritius to England Mauritius, beautiful appearance of — Great crateriform ring of Mountains — Hindoos — St. Helena — History of the changes in the Vegetation — Cause of the extinction of Land-shells — Ascension — Variation in the imported Rats — Volcanic […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XX: Keeling Island: — Coral Formations Keeling Island — Singular appearance — Scanty Flora — Transport of Seeds — Birds and Insects — Ebbing and flowing Springs — Fields of dead Coral — Stones transported in the roots of Trees — Great Crab — […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter II: Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro — Excursion north of Cape Frio — Great Evaporation — Slavery — Botofogo Bay — Terrestrial Planariae — Clouds on the Corcovado — Heavy Rain — Musical Frogs — Phosphorescent Insects — Elater, springing powers of — […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XIX: Australia Sydney — Excursion to Bathurst — Aspect of the Woods — Party of Natives — Gradual Extinction of the Aborigines — Infection generated by associated Men in health — Blue Mountains — View of the grand gulf-like Valleys — Their origin and […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XVIII: Tahiti and New Zealand Pass through the Low Archipelago — Tahiti — Aspect — Vegetation on the Mountains — View of Eimeo — Excursion into the Interior — Profound Ravines — Succession of Waterfalls — Number of wild useful Plants — Temperance of […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XVII: Galapagos Archipelago The whole Group Volcanic — Numbers of Craters — Leafless Bushes Colony at Charles Island — James Island — Salt-lake in Crater — Natural History of the Group — Ornithology, curious Finches — Reptiles — Great Tortoises, habits of — Marine […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XVI: Northern Chile and Peru Coast-road to Coquimbo — Great Loads carried by the Miners — Coquimbo — Earthquake — Step-formed Terrace — Absence of recent Deposits — Contemporaneousness of the Tertiary Formations — Excursion up the Valley — Road to Guasco — Deserts […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XV: Passage of the Cordillera Valparaiso — Portillo Pass — Sagacity of Mules — Mountain- torrents — Mines, how discovered — Proofs of the gradual Elevation of the Cordillera — Effect of Snow on Rocks — Geological Structure of the two main Ranges, their […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XIV: Chiloe and Concepcion: Great Earthquake San Carlos, Chiloe — Osorno in eruption, contemporaneously with Aconcagua and Coseguina — Ride to Cucao — Impenetrable Forests — Valdivia Indians — Earthquake — Concepcion — Great Earthquake — Rocks fissured — Appearance of the former Towns […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XIII: Chiloe and Chonos Islands Chiloe — General Aspect — Boat Excursion — Native Indians — Castro — Tame Fox — Ascend San Pedro — Chonos Archipelago — Peninsula of Tres Montes — Granitic Range — Boat-wrecked Sailors — Low’s Harbour — Wild Potato […]
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