It seems to me impossible for a civilized man to love or worship, or respect the God of the Old Testament. A really civilized man, a really civilized woman, must hold such a God in abhorrence and contempt... In the New Testament, death is not the end, but the beginning of punishment that has no end. In the New Testament the malice of God is infinite and the hunger of his revenge eternal... This frightful dogma, this infinite lie, made me the implacable enemy of Christianity. The truth is that this belief in eternal pain has been the real persecutor.

I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.

As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible.

If Jehovah cannot support his religion without going into partnership with a State Legislature, I think he ought to give it up.

If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.

I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends.

The rights of men and women should be equal and sacred-marriage should be a perfect partnership.