The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter VII The Antiquity of Man And Prehistoric Archaeology by Andrew Dickson White I. The Thunder-stones. Early beliefs regarding “thunder-stones” Theories of Mercati and Tollius regarding them Their identification with the implements of prehistoric man Remains of man found in caverns Unfavourable influence on scientific activity of the political […]
The CHAIRMAN: Ladies and Gentlemen.–Mr. Roberts will now have a quarter of an hour in which to address you. Mr. ROBERTS: Mr. Bradlaugh’s opening remarks, in his speech in reply to mine, addressed themselves to a matter which afforded me a little surprise, though perhaps I need not have been surprised, and that is his […]
THE CHAIRMAN: Allow me to say that I do think that those persons who are not prepared to calmly listen to both sides should not have come. I for my part am very desirous of hearing what each of the disputants has to say, and I am of opinion that if I listen quietly I […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: Mr. Roberts says that I did not make my objection about Luke and the forty days of the Acts quite clear. I will try to do so now. I say the whole of the events following the resurrection are limited to one day by the 24th chapter of Luke. You will find the […]
By Mr. Roberts MR. ROBERTS has asked and obtained Mr. Bradlaugh’s consent to the publication of this review of the discussion at the end of the published report. He has also offered to print along with it any rejoinder Mr. Bradlaugh may choose to write, but Mr. Bradlaugh has not chosen to write a rejoinder. […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XIII – Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds SECONDARY sexual characters are more diversified and conspicuous in birds, though not perhaps entailing more important changes of structure, than in any other class of animals. I shall, therefore, treat the subject […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter XIII: Geographical Distribution Continued Fresh-water Productions AS LAKES and river-systems are separated from each other by barriers of land, it might have been thought that fresh-water productions would not have ranged widely within the same country, and as the sea is apparently a still more formidable […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XI: Strait of Magellan. — Climate of the Southern Coasts Strait of Magellan — Port Famine — Ascent of Mount Tarn — Forests — Edible Fungus — Zoology — Great Sea-weed — Leave Tierra del Fuego — Climate — Fruit-trees and Productions of the […]
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 — […]
Secular Morality: What Is It? An Exposition and a Defence (1880) by Charles Watts AMONG the systems of moral philosophy that have been promulgated as guides for human conduct, Utilitarianism occupies the foremost place. It appears to Secularists as more definite and satisfactory than any other, and certainly at the present time it is more […]
Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. This file made available by the Bank of Wisdom and the Internet Infidels for The Freethought Web. Luther Burbank, Infidel by Edgar Waite When Luther Burbank, disciple, prophet and high priest of nature, announced himself as an infidel he loosed a shot in the hierarchy of orthodox thinking that […]
[Back To Chapter 8] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 9 FROM EIGHTEEN NINETY-SEVEN TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-NINE Two lectures, The Truth and A Thanksgiving Sermon, were published in 1897. The orator’s attitude toward the subject of the first, and the objects and recipients of his gratitude and thankfulness […]
A Bit Of Church History by John W. Gunn One thousand Years ago, the church (Roman Catholic) claimed and, on the whole, effectually maintained supreme power in the affairs of Europe. The church punished with torture and death those who disagreed with its teachings. The church was the biggest grafting Institution — or, more plainly, […]
Chapter XVI Idea of Number 1. Number the simplest and most universal idea. Amongst all the ideas we have, as there is none suggested to the mind by more ways, so there is none more simple, than that of unity, or one: it has no shadow of variety or composition in it: every object our […]
Chapter XXXI Of Adequate and Inadequate Ideas 1. Adequate ideas are such as perfectly represent their archetypes. Of our real ideas, some are adequate, and some are inadequate. Those I call adequate, which perfectly represent those archetypes which the mind supposes them taken from: which it intends them to stand for, and to which it […]
Chapter VIII Of Abstract and Concrete Terms 1. Abstract terms not predictable one of another, and why. The ordinary words of language, and our common use of them, would have given us light into the nature of our ideas, if they had been but considered with attention. The mind, as has been shown, has a […]
Chapter III Of the Extent of Human Knowledge 1. Extent of our knowledge. Knowledge, as has been said, lying in the perception of the agreement or disagreement of any of our ideas, it follows from hence That, It extends no further than we have ideas. First, we can have knowledge no further than we have […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. Is The Position Of Atheism Growing Stronger by Joseph McCabe HALDEMAN-JULIUS PUBLICATIONS GIRARD, KANSAS By E. Haldeman-Julius CHAPTER I – THE ODDS AGAINST THE ATHEIST In my ‘Rise and Fall of the Gods’ (1931) I traced the weird and ever-changing belief in Gods from the days of […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Church Defies Modern Life One Sound Catholic Boast – We Never Change by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 15 Contents Chapter I – The Hell-Ethic And Modern Psychology Chapter II – Primitive Superstition About Sex Chapter III – Saints And Other […]
SECTION I THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CHURCH CHAPTER V DOWN THE SLOPE WE have reached the thirteenth century, which Catholic writers seem to propose as a shining model for the twentieth century. What art! What splendid trade unions (or guilds)! What beautiful saints, like Francis and Dominic! What – Mr. Chesterton would say – […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter V by Joseph McCabe The Futility of Belief in God Contents The Silence of God Who Made the World? Does Evolution Exclude God The Voice of Conscience The Religious Instinct Disproofs The Silence Of God A WEEK or two ago I […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXI by Joseph McCabe The Dark Ages Contents The Making of the Middle Ages The Morals of the New Europe The Iron Age The Blight of Life The Making of the Middle Ages ONE Sunday morning in the year 1922 I […]
Chapter 2 Joseph Wheless 35 page printout, pages 56 to 88 of 322 CHAPTER II HEBREW HOLY FORGERIES "Hinneh lash-sheqer asah et sheqer sepharim -- Behold, the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought lies." Jeremiah, viii. 8. SUNDRY HOLY HEBREW men of old, we are told on the authority of the name of the […]
Chapter 09 Joseph Wheless 17 page printout, page 162 - 178 CHAPTER IX THE PAGAN GOD -- AND GODS -- OF ISRAEL THERE is (it may be) a God, the Supreme Architect, the Creator of the earth and of the fullness thereof, and of the wondrous "finite but unlimited" universe. Lord Bacon has said: "I […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. OF course such an extraordinary circumstance as the birth of a God into the world must be marked with unusual incidents and great eclat. This was first exhibited by angels, shepherds, prophets, magi or “wise men,” flocking around their cradles. In the second place we observe an unusual […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. At the feast of the Passover, Christ is represented, while distributing bread to his disciples, to have said, “Take, eat; this is my body” (Matt. xxvi. 26); and while handing round the consecrated cup, he enjoined, “Drink ye all of it, for this is my blood of the […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. HIS TWO HUNDRED ERRORS THE exaltation of men to the character and homage of divine beings has always had the effect to draw a vail over their errors and imperfections, so as to render them imperceptible to those who worship them as Gods. This is true of nearly […]
Protestant Menace To Our Government PROTESTANT MENACE TO OUR GOVERNMENT. A LECTURE DELIVERED IN INVESTIGATOR HALL, BOSTON, BEFORE THE INGERSOLL SECULAR SOCIETY, SUNDAY, JAN. 27, 1889, BY L.K. WASHBURN. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY J.P. MENDUM, INVESTIGATOR OFFICE, PAINE MEMORIAL BUILDING, APPLETON STREET. 1889 THE BOSTON INVESTIGATOR. For more than fifty years this paper […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. WESTERN SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC BANQUET. by Robert G. Ingersoll Chicago, January 31, 1894. **** **** FIRST of all, I wish to thank you for allowing me to be present. Next, I wish to congratulate you that you are all alive. I congratulate […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1883) Robert Green Ingersoll On the 22d of October, 1883, a vast number of citizens met at Lincoln Hall, Washington, D.C., to give expression to their views concerning the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in which it is held that the Civil Rights […]
