Chapman Cohen Quotes

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Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on servility and shrink before independence. They feed upon worship as kings do upon flattery. That is why the cry of gods at all times is "Worship us or we perish."

Chapman Cohen
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious beliefs deserved more consideration than non-religious beliefs or anti-religious ones.
I never agree with that foolish statement that I ought to respect the views of others when I believe them to be wrong.

Chapman Cohen
Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social duty. Then comes the rise of a priesthood, and the independent thinker is met with punishment in this world and the threat of eternal damnation hereafter. Even today it is from the religious side that the greatest danger to freedom of thought comes. Religion is the last thing that man will civilise.

Chapman Cohen
The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

Chapman Cohen
If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

Chapman Cohen
Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth.

Chapman Cohen
It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.

Chapman Cohen