“It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The fact before us is that all ideas of gods can be traced to the earliest stages of human history.... There is an unbroken line of descent linking the gods of the most primitive peoples to those of modern man. We reject the world of the savage; but we still, in our churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, perpetuate the theories he built upon that world.” MenWorldHumansStillsIdeasFactsFormChurchLinesAcceptingAtheismModernStageTheoryBuiltEssenceUselessTemplesRejectsPrimitiveSavagesHuman HistoryDescentUnbrokenMosquesModern ManSynagogue Author:Chapman Cohen
“All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious beliefs deserved more consideration than non-religious beliefs or anti-religious ones. I never agree with that foolish statement that I ought to respect the views of others when I believe them to be wrong.” MenBelieveMadeReligionBeliefI BelieveReligiousViewsAtheismOughtAgreeFoolishStatementsMade ItGrantedConsiderationPermitReligious BeliefAnti ReligiousNon Religious Author:Chapman Cohen
“Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social duty. Then comes the rise of a priesthood, and the independent thinker is met with punishment in this world and the threat of eternal damnation hereafter. Even today it is from the religious side that the greatest danger to freedom of thought comes. Religion is the last thing that man will civilise.” MenWorldHumansTodayLastsSocialSidesBornReligiousStageDangerThis WorldDutyMetsEternalShadowIndependentSacredThreatPunishmentThinkerHeresyHereafterFreedom Of ThoughtHuman SocietySuppressionPriesthoodDamnation Author:Chapman Cohen
“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
