“How I suffered when I had to preach to you those pious lies that I detest in my heart. What remorse your credulity caused me! A thousand times I was on the point of breaking out publicly and opening your eyes, but a fear stronger than myself held me back, and forced me to keep silence until my death.” DeathFearAtheismLiesAtheistSuperstitionCredulityPious LiesFirst Atheist Book:Testament: Memoir of the Thoughts and Sentiments of Jean Meslier Source: Testament: Memoir of the Thoughts and Sentiments of Jean Meslier
“... inventions and purely human institutions.” HumansAtheismInstitutionsInvention Author:Jean Meslier
“To discover the true principles of morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods. They need but common sense. They have only to look within themselves, to reflect upon their own nature, to consult their obvious interests, to consider the object of society and of each of the members who compose it, and they will easily understand that virtue is an advantage, and that vice is an injury to beings of the species.” MenNeedsLooksInterestCommonPrinciplesVirtueAtheismObjectsMoralityMembersAdvantageSpeciesVicesObviousTheologyCommon SenseRevelationsInjury Author:Jean Meslier
