Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens - great catastrophes or conflagrations occur frequently - but evolution gives us a perfectly natural explanation of such order as there is. No distinguished astronomer now traces "the finger of God" in the heavens; and astronomers ought to know best.

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

The absence of theistic belief...

Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

No pope ever condemned slavery.