“If special honor is claimed for any, then heresy should have it as the truest servitor of human kind.” IfsShouldHumansKindSpecialHonorShould HavePositive AtheismHeresyTruest Book:Speeches Source: Speeches
“A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the discussion is complicated by the fact that many eminent servants of humanity have been nominal Christians, of one or other of the sects. My allegation will be that the special services rendered to human progress by these exceptional men have not been in consequence of their adhesion to Christianity, but in spite of it, and that the specific points of advantage to human kind have been in ratio of their direct opposition to precise Biblical enactments.” MenWorldHumansKindHas BeensFactsChristianHumanityChristianityTakenProgressAtheismSpecialCivilizationConsequenceAdvantageDirectComplicatedPositive AtheismDuesDiscussionServantSpiteOppositionBiblicalPreciseTheologianExceptionalSectsRatiosHuman ProgressAllegations Book:Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne Source: Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne
“Will any one, save the most bigoted, contend, that it is not certain gain to humanity to spread unbelief in the terrible doctrine that eternal torment is the probable fate of the great majority of the human family?” HumansCertainHumanityFateAtheismTerribleEternalGainsMajoritySpreadPositive AtheismDoctrineTormentUnbeliefHuman Family Book:Theological Essays Source: Theological Essays
