Arrows of Freethought

It must further be observed that Christian Theists cannot be permitted to ascribe all the good in the world to God, and all the evil to man, or else leave it absolutely unexplai...

God the Holy Ghost represents _Spiritual_ religion: the Father represents God in Nature, the Son represents God in History, and "the Holy Ghost represents to us God in our own h...

Man's place in nature is, indeed, a great question, and it can be settled only by a wide appeal to past and present facts. And those facts, besides being objective realities, mu...

Mr. Leslie Stephen does not rail against Boswell for his drinking powers; Burns is not outlawed for his devotion to John Barlycorn; Byron and Sheridan are not beyond pardon beca...

Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit. God is to them merely a word, expressing all sorts of ideas, and not a person. It is, properly s...

It will be a fitting conclusion to present to Mr. Brown a very serious matter which he has overlooked. Christ, "the blessed and only Potentate," came on earth and originated the...

When the present century commenced Europe was stirred to the utter depths by that great French Revolution which marked a new epoch in the world's history. The revolutionary wave...

PREFACE RELIGION AND PROGRESS. A DEFENCE OF THOMAS PAINE. THE GOSPEL OF FREETHOUGHT. FREETHOUGHT IN CURRENT LITERATURE. DEAN STANLEY'S LATEST. GOD AND THE QUEEN. CARDINAL NEWMAN...

Presently the massive bony frame of the Father was convulsed with a fit of coughing; Jesus promptly applied a restorative from the phial, and after a terrible struggle the cough...

There is no new thing under the sun, said the wise king Many a surprising novelty is only an old thing in a new dress. And this is especially true in respect to religion. Ever s...