An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
Joseph McCabe
The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.
Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.
Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms.
No pope ever condemned slavery.
The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.
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.