The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XI John 7:1 AFTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. Mark 7:1 THEN came together unto him, the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2. And when […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section X Matthew 13:1 THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3. […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section I Luke 2:1 The Roman empire taxed. AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3. […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (The Jefferson Bible) Extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin French & English by Thomas Jefferson A Table of the Texts from the Evangelists employed in this narrative and of the order of their arrangements [Page 1]Luke 2.1-7 . Joseph & Mary go to Bethlehem, […]
Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. This file made available by Bill Restemeyer and the Internet Infidels for The Freethought Web. Letter to Peter Carr (Jefferson’s Nephew) Thomas Jefferson, 1787 Dear Peter, — I have received your two letters of December the 30th and April the 18th, and am very happy to find by them, […]
Letter to the Danbury Baptists (1802) [1] by Thomas Jefferson To Messrs. Nehemiah Dodge and Others, a Committee of the Danbury Baptist Association, in the State of Connecticut January 1, 1802 Gentlemen, The affectionate sentiments of esteem and approbation which you are so good as to express towards me, on behalf of the Danbury Baptist […]
Pictures of Thomas Henry Huxley [ 1825 – 1895 ] As A Young Man: This undated photograph of a young Thomas Huxley is credited to the Radio Times Hulton Picture Library. At The Blackboard, Lecturing: This undated photograph of Thomas Huxley is credited to The Library, Wellcome Institute for the History […]
II. AGNOSTICISM. BY PROF. THOMAS H. HUXLEY Within the last few months the public has received much and varied information on the subject of agnostics, their tenets, and even their future. Agnosticism exercised the orators of the Church Congress at Manchester.* It has been furnished with a set of "articles" fewer, but not less […]
I. ON AGNOSTICISM. A PAPER READ AT THE MANCHESTER CHURCH CONGRESS, 1888. BY HENRY WACE, D. D., PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL; PRINCIPAL OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON. What is agnosticism? In the new Oxford "Dictionary of the English Language," we are told that "an agnostic is one who holds that the existence of anything […]
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LEVIATHAN by Thomas Hobbes 1651 INTRODUCTION NATURE (the art whereby God hath made and governs the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal. For seeing life is but a motion of limbs, the beginning whereof is in some […]
Review of Skeptics and True Believers (2005) Thomas Clark Review: Chet Raymo. 1998. Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion. New York: Walker and Company. 288 pp. This article was originally published at naturalism.org in 1998, home page of the Center for Naturalism. This version contains minor editorial changes. Science […]
Review of The Problem of the Soul (2005) Thomas Clark Review: Owen Flanagan. 2002. The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of the Mind and How to Reconcile Them. New York: Basic Books. xvi+364 pp. This article was originally published in Human Nature Review, Vol. 2 (2002), pp. 356-358. This Secular Web version has […]
The Church And Wealth In America Theodore Dreiser Chapter 14 of Tragic America 1931 I decry the power of the Church and its use of that power, in America in particular! Throughout the world, as all know, the churches are so organized as to have the wealth, size and formation of a great corporation, a […]
About the Drange-Wilson Debate The topic for this debate is, “The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of the Christian God vs. the Arguments from Nonbelief and Confusion for the Nonexistence of that God.” The debaters have agreed to the following debate format: Opening statements, submitted independently of one another, due 1 February First rebuttals, […]
Interview with Theodore Drange Atheism Definition of Atheism LOWDER: How do you define atheism? DRANGE: Atheism is the belief that God does not exist. I have put down some arguments in support of that usage in my essay “Atheism, Agnosticism, Noncognitivism.” LOWDER: Under your definition people who are pretty sure that God exists, people […]
Pascal’s Wager In the seventeenth century the mathematician Blaise Pascal formulated his infamous pragmatic argument for belief in God in Pensées. The argument runs as follows: If you erroneously believe in God, you lose nothing (assuming that death is the absolute end), whereas if you correctly believe in God, you gain everything (eternal bliss). But […]
Transcendental Argument It is impossible, this argument claims, for any authoritative rationality (including an atheist’s) to emerge from inchoate matter — the existence of God must be assumed, therefore, in order to deny God’s existence. In addition to the articles below, see also related Debates, Reviews, and Links. To purchase related reading, go to the […]
Theistic Arguments: Reviews/Critiques Formal debates between theists and nontheists on topics relating to the theistic arguments: Scripture Miracles Design Cosmological Moral Experience Other To purchase related reading, go to the Secular Web Book Store. Argument from Holy Scripture: Book Review: The Jesus Puzzle (2000) by James Still Still reviews the work by Earl Doherty, […]
Argument from Reason The Argument from Cognitive Biases (2018) by Aron Lucas A family of theistic arguments contends that the human ability to reason is to be expected under theism, but is surprising under metaphysical naturalism, and thus provides evidence favoring theism over naturalism. One common line of argument is that unguided evolution favors traits […]
Psychology of Religion On (False) Prophets and Messiahs (2016) by Michael Moore Innumerable claims to being a prophet or messiah should raise suspicions even among believers that a great many claimants have been false prophets. Nonbelievers go even further: all prophets are false. Among those that believe that some prophets are the real deal, one […]
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