The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXV Matthew 21:1 AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethpage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2. Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and […]
The Age of Reason (Prometheus edition) (1985) by Thomas Paine Paperback $12.55 Order this book now The Age of Reason: Examination of the Prophecies by Thomas Paine, edited by Frank R. Zindler Paperback $15.00 Order this book now The Age of Reason: Special 200th Anniversary Edition by Thomas Paine Paperback $7.35 Order this book now […]
Order The Rights of Man now. The Author’s Notes FOR PART ONE AND PART TWO 1. The main and uniform maxim of the judges is, the greater the truth the greater the libel. 2. Since writing the above, two other places occur in Mr. Burke’s pamphlet in which the name of the Bastille is mentioned, […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XIV From Fetich To Hygiene by Andrew Dickson White I. THE THEOLOGICAL VIEW OF EPIDEMICS AND SANITATION. The recurrence of great pestilences Their early ascription to the wrath or malice of unseen powers Their real cause want of hygienic precaution Theological apotheosis of filth Sanction given to the […]
A Few Words About The Devil Charles Bradlaugh To have written under this head in the reign of James Rex, of pious memory, would have, probably, procured for me, without even the perusal of my pamphlet, the reputation of Dr. Faustus, and a too intimate acquaintance with some of the pleasant plans of torturing to […]
Debates: Roberts-Bradlaugh Debate: Second Night: Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second Speech Mr. BRADLAUGH: Mr. Chairman.–It is very evident that either my memory has utterly deceived me, or that Mr. Robert’s memory has utterly deceived him. He said he had given you evidence, last night, that the writings were in current circulation at the time they were produced. […]
Mr. Roberts’ First Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second Speech Mr. Roberts Questions Mr. Bradlaugh Mr. Bradlaugh Questions Mr. Roberts Mr. Roberts’ Second Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second Speech Mr. Roberts’ Third Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Third Speech
Mr. ROBERTS: You will have observed that Mr. Bradlaugh has not attempted to discuss the case of Moses from its internal peculiarities, upon which hangs a very powerful argument. I will not follow him in his remarks on what are called the Apostolic Fathers, because I do not attach any particular importance to them. I […]
Descent of Man [ 1871] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Part One: Descent or Origin of Man Chapter I – The Evidence of the Descent of Man from some Lower Form HE WHO wishes to decide whether man is the modified descendant of some pre-existing form, would probably first enquire whether […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XVII – Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals WITH mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms. The most timid animals, not provided with any special […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter III: Struggle For Existence BEFORE entering on the subject of this chapter, I must make a few preliminary remarks, to show how the struggle for existence bears on Natural Selection. It has been seen in the last chapter that amongst organic beings in a state of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Absurdities of the Bible Clarence Darrow Little Blue Book No. 1637 Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius HALDEMAN-JULIUS PUBLICATIONS GIRARD, KANSAS Why am I an agnostic? Because I don’t believe some of the things that other people say they believe. Where do you get your religion, anyway? I won’t bother to discuss just what religion […]
G. W. Foote and A. D. McLaren Published for the Secular Society Ltd. The Pioneer Press (G.W. Foot and Co. Ltd.) 61, Farringdon Street, E.C.4 Index Part I Introduction Amberley, Lord Baskerville, John Bayle, Pierre Bentham, Jeremy Bert, Paul Bolingbroke, Lord Bradlaugh, Charles Broussais, Francois Bruno, Giordano Buckle, Henry Thomas Burton, Sir Richard F. Byron, […]
[Back To Chapter 13] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 14 WAS HE ‘A MERE ICONOCLAST’? (Cont.) Did He Endeavor To Destroy the Hope of Immortality? In dealing with the specific charges of iconoclasm that have been so insistently pressed by the theological indicters of Ingersoll, there yet […]
AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING As thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all things. — Eccles. 11. 5. Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire […]
Chapter XX Of Modes of Pleasure and Pain 1. Pleasure and pain, simple ideas. Amongst the simple ideas which we receive both from sensation and reflection, pain and pleasure are two very considerable ones. For as in the body there is sensation barely in itself, or accompanied with pain or pleasure, so the thought or […]
Chapter VIII Some further considerations concerning our Simple Ideas of Sensation 1. Positive ideas from privative causes. Concerning the simple ideas of Sensation, it is to be considered,- that whatsoever is so constituted in nature as to be able, by affecting our senses, to cause any perception in the mind, doth thereby produce in the […]
Chapter XII Of the Improvement of our Knowledge 1. Knowledge is not got from maxims. It having been the common received opinion amongst men of letters, that maxims were the foundation of all knowledge; and that the sciences were each of them built upon certain praecognita from whence the understanding was to take its rise, […]
Chapter VIII Of Trifling Propositions 1. Some propositions bring no increase to our knowledge. Whether the maxims treated of in the foregoing chapter be of that use to real knowledge as is generally supposed, I leave to be considered. This, I think, may confidently be affirmed, That there are universal propositions, which, though they be […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Vatican Buries International Law How Mussolini And The Yellow Brother Got Their Share by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 4 Contents Chapter I – The Church’s Vile Record In Spain Chapter II – Enter First And Second Murderers — Under The […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. Rome’s Syllabus Of Condemned Opinions The Last Blast Of The Catholic Church’s Medieval Trumpet by Joseph McCabe INTRODUCTION In recent literature about the Roman Catholic Church one still occasionally meets references to “the Syllabus,” or the “Syllabus of Condemned Opinions.” A “syllapub” was a delectable medieval drink […]
CHAPTER II THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH WITH the bulk of the teaching of the Church I am ,not concerned, since it is the common teaching of Christianity. Let us rather consider what are the distinctive doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome to-day: the perfect outcome of eighteen centuries of the "supernatural gift," […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter X by Joseph McCabe Life and Morals in Greece and Rome Contents The Glory That Was Greece Morals of the Athenians The Development of Religion Rise of Philosophy and Skepticism The Splendor That Was Rome Morals in Ancient Rome The Glory […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXVI by Joseph McCabe The Renaissance: A European Awakening Contents The End of the Nightmare The Call of Greece The Papacy and the Renaissance The Spirit of Humanism Erasmus and the Other Humanists The End of the Nightmare RENAISSANCE is the […]
Chapter 7 Joseph Wheless 82 page printout, pages 238 to 319 of 322 CHAPTER VII THE "TRIUMPH" OF CHRISTIANITY "Destruction to the Triumphant Beast!" Giordano Bruno. "Ecrasez l'Infame!" Voltaire. Even MORE INDUCIVE than its own sweet reasonableness and persuasive truth, as accredited by the records and vouchers we have examined, were several very effective forcible […]
Chapter 14 Joseph Wheless 47 page printout, page 259 - 305 CHAPTER XIV THE INSPIRED "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS" OF THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST THE life and times of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, the King of the Jews, the Savior of the world, are preserved in four short monographs, called after their Greek […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. MATTHEW tells us (xxvii. 31) that when Christ was crucified, there was darkness all over the land for three hours, and “the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, and many of the saints came out of their graves.” Here we have a series of events spoken […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. MORE than twenty thousand sermons are preached in the Christian pulpits, on every recurring Sabbath, to convince the people that the religion and morality taught and practiced by Jesus Christ was of divine emanation, and was never before taught in the world, — that his system of morality […]
