“Between being praised and persecuted, condoned and condemned, I might understandably have become bewildered, particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed by the staunch defenders of Christianity. But of …
Publications
Robert Ellis
“And the flames of hell, they seemed so highWhen I could barely see over the pewI was just a boy when they told me that lieBut lord, it felt so …
Francis Ellingwood Abbot
“That great and growing evils render it a paramount patriotic duty on the part of American citizens, who comprehend the priceless value of pure Secular government, to take active measures …
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
THE WORLD’S NEEDSo many gods, so many creeds—So many paths that wind and wind,While just the art of being kindIs all this sad world needs. …
Eugene V. Debs
“I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution, and I vowed that I would …
Harriet Law
“At the height of her fame as a Secularist, Harriet Law referred to her religious past as evidence of the fact that even the most devoted of Christians could be …
Will Durant
“Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a …
Maud Ingersoll
“I wish to say emphatically that there isn’t a word of truth in this statement. Neither my sister nor myself is connected with any church in any way. Although our …
Taylor Tomlinson
“So much of religion is like, ‘Well if you were praying about it, if you were good with God, that would fix everything.’ ” …
