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There are two things in the world that can never get together- religion & common sense.

George William Foote

Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit... When the Atheist examines, denounces, or satirises the gods, he is not dealing with persons but with ideas. He is incapable of insulting God, for he does not admit the existence of any such being... We attack not a person but a belief, not a being but an idea, not a fact but a fancy.

George William Foote

It will yet be the proud boast of woman that she never contributed a line to the Bible.

George William Foote

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom. It means caution, independence, honesty and veracity. Faith means negligence, serfdom, insincerity and deception. The man who never doubts never thinks. He is like a straw in the wind or a waif on the sea. He is one of the helpless, docile, unquestioning millions, who keep the world in a state of stagnation, and serve as a fulcrum for the lever of despotism. The stupidity of the people, says Whitman, is always inviting the insolence of power.

George William Foote

George William Foote

George William Foote

Born: January 11, 1850

Died: October 17, 1915 (aged 65)

Bio: George William Foote was an English secularist and journal editor.

Known for:

Flowers of freethought (1893)
Prisoner for Blasphemy (1886)
Crimes of Christianity (1885)
Arrows of Freethought (1882)
Bible Romances (1881)

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