Quotes by Joseph McCabe

• An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
• The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.
• No pope ever condemned slavery.
• 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.
• 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.
• The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.