Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.

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.

The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

The devil and God are components of a Siamese twin. Neither has any existence apart from the other. In denying the existence of the one, Christians have helped to kill the other. If there need to be no fear of hell, people may well ask what is the attraction of heaven? Gods and devils were born together. Gods and devils will die together.

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.

Worship God. It’s easier than thinking.