Quotes by Joseph McCabe

About Joseph McCabe:

Joseph Martin McCabe was an English writer and speaker on freethought, after having been a Roman Catholic priest earlier in his life.
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The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

Joseph McCabe

A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a 'bundle of facts.' Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the 'law' because they act in that way.

Joseph McCabe

{ } magnificent work, which added an incalculable sum to the wealth of America and left him a comparatively poor man, is well known. His own simple account of his discoveries runs to 12 volumes and is incomplete. I was one of the few men whom he admi...

Joseph McCabe

In his numerous historical and Scriptural works rejects all supernatural religion, and represents Christianity as a natural product of the mingling of the Stoic and Alexandrian philosophies...

Joseph McCabe

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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 of Christ, as they were familiar in all the civilizations of the earth — Egyptian, Babylonian, and...

Joseph McCabe

No pope ever condemned slavery.

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

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms.

Joseph McCabe

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

Joseph McCabe

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

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 defending the rights of women.

Joseph McCabe

Author Bio

  • NameJoseph McCabe
  • DescriptionBRitish writer
  • BornNovember 12, 1867
  • DiedJanuary 10, 1955
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAuthor