“We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.” KnowsWorldUniverseExistenceAtheism Author:Chapman Cohen
“I have hitherto followed the lines marked out by the Theist in his attempt to prove that there exists a mind behind natural phenomena, and that the universe as we have it is, at least generally, an evidence of a plan designed by this mind. I have also pointed out that the only datum for such a conclusion is the universe we know. We must take that as a starting point. We can get neither behind it nor beyond it. We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.” KnowsWorldMindUniverseNaturalLinesBehindsExistencePlansAtheismProveEvidenceStartingPositive AtheismConclusionDataStarting PointTheistNatural Phenomena Author:Chapman Cohen
“Regularity in Nature is not proof of the control of Nature by a Divine intelligence; it is rather the reverse. If something- call it matter, or ether, or x - exists, it must operate in accordance with its innate qualities; and so long as this x remains uncontrolled, its manifestations will continue unchallenged- in other words, there will be order. The same causes, the same results. That is the manifest signs of a natural order that knows nothing of God.” IfsKnowsLongMatterOrderCausesNaturalResultsQualityDivineRemainsProofManifestationManifestReverseInnateRegularityNatural Order Book:Essays in freethinking Source: Essays in freethinking
“Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man who understands religion does not believe in it, the man who believes in it does not understand it.” KnowsMenBelieveDoeBeliefUnderstandingHe Man Author:Chapman Cohen
