During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was a chance that it could save them, or others, from the eternal torments of hell. Thus, in the name of the religion of love, hundreds of thousands of people were not merely killed but atrociously tortured in ways that made the gas chambers of Beslen seem humane.
Jesus, in fact, was typical of a certain kind of fanatical young idealist: at one moment holding forth, with tears in his eyes, about the need for un… - Margaret E. Knight
Jesus, in fact, was typical of a certain kind of fanatical young idealist: at one moment holding forth, with tears in his eyes, about the need for un…
- Margaret E. Knight
I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not be stifled or conceal… - Margaret E. Knight
I want here to make three suggestions: first, that the doubts the ordinary man feels about religion are justified, and need not be stifled or conceal…
During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was a ch… - Margaret E. Knight
During the ages of faith the Church argued, not illogically, that any degree of cruelty towards sinners and heretics was justified, if there was a ch…
One of the best ways to improve men's behaviour is to enlighten their minds: and today, against the strong opposition of the Church and the Establish… - Margaret E. Knight
One of the best ways to improve men's behaviour is to enlighten their minds: and today, against the strong opposition of the Church and the Establish…
This hideous doctrine of eternal torment after death has probably caused more terror and misery, more cruelty and more violation of natural human sym… - Margaret E. Knight
This hideous doctrine of eternal torment after death has probably caused more terror and misery, more cruelty and more violation of natural human sym…
I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellec… - Margaret E. Knight
I was convinced that, besides millions of frank unbelievers, there are today large numbers of half-believers to whom religion is a source of intellec…
It is a mistake to try to impose Christian beliefs on children and to make them the basis of moral training. The moral education of children is much … - Margaret E. Knight
It is a mistake to try to impose Christian beliefs on children and to make them the basis of moral training. The moral education of children is much …
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade - a far more in… - Margaret E. Knight
There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade - a far more in…
My chief aim was to combat the view that there can be no true morality without supernatural sanctions. So I argued at length that the social, or altr… - Margaret E. Knight
My chief aim was to combat the view that there can be no true morality without supernatural sanctions. So I argued at length that the social, or altr…
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