A Mere Society Form Of Atheism.

The Abuse Dies In A Day; But The Denial Slays The Life Of The People And Entombs The Hope Of The Race.

God Is A Spirit. Jesus Was Led Up Of The Spirit To Be Tempted Of The Devil; And It Is Also True That Spirits Are Very Likely To Lead Men To The Devil. Too Intimate Acquaintance With Whisky Toddy Overnight Is Often Followed By The Delirium Tremens And Blue-devils On The Morrow. We Advise Our Readers To Eschew Alike Spirituous And Spiritual Mixtures. They Interfere Sadly With Sober Thinking, And Play The Devil With Your Brains.

I Cannot Follow You Christians; For You Try To Crawl Through Your Life Upon Your Knees, While I Stride Through Mine On My Feet.

A Mere Society Form Of Atheism.

I Do Not Deny God, Because That Word Conveys To Me No Idea, And I Cannot Deny That Which Presents To Me No Distinct Affirmation, And Of Which The Would-be Affirmer Has No Conception. I Cannot War With A Nonentity. If, However, God Is Affirmed To Represent An Existence Which Is Distinct From The Existence Of Which I Am A Mode, And Which It Is Alleged Is Not The Noumenon Of Which The Word I Represents Only A Speciality Of Phenomena, Then I Deny God, And Affirm That It Is Impossible God Can Be.