Not material or economic conditions in the ordinary sense, but perverse religious ideas explain the suspension of civilization in Europe from the 5th…

- Joseph Mccabe

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

- Joseph Mccabe

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

- Joseph Mccabe

The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the time…

- Joseph Mccabe

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

- Joseph Mccabe

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 defend…

- Joseph Mccabe

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

- Joseph Mccabe

If a single one of these gentlemen is correct, if a believer of any type is right, the essential truth for man, the real drama of life, in comparison…

- Joseph Mccabe

The Rationalist case needs no straining of evidence and always gains by the severest self-criticism.

- Joseph Mccabe