Who knows the origin of religion? Certainly not the one who believes in it. Understanding and belief are quite antagonistic. The man who understands …

- Chapman Cohen

Regularity in Nature is not proof of the control of Nature by a Divine intelligence; it is rather the reverse. If something- call it matter, or ether…

- Chapman Cohen

Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is fo…

- Chapman Cohen

Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth.

- Chapman Cohen

If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist — he is without that belief. The distinction bet…

- Chapman Cohen

Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it.

- Chapman Cohen

Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.

- Chapman Cohen

I have hitherto followed the lines marked out by the Theist in his attempt to prove that there exists a mind behind natural phenomena, and that the u…

- Chapman Cohen

If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

- Chapman Cohen