The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as we should thus be compelled to believe in the existence of many cruel and malignant spirits, only a little more powerful than man; for the belief in them is far more general than in a beneficent deity.


The origin of species by means of natural selection (ed. 1952)

Charles Darwin Quotes

The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as we should thus...

The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as we should thus...

The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as we should thus...

The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as we should thus...