my father's rejection of all that is called religious belief, was not, as many might suppose, primarily a matter of logic and evidence: the grounds of it were moral, still more than intellectual. He found it impossible to believe that a world so full of evil was the work of an Author combining infinite power with perfect goodness and righteousness.


Autobiography (1873)


My father's rejection of all that is called religious belief, was not, as many might suppose, primarily a matter of logic and evidence: the grounds...

My father's rejection of all that is called religious belief, was not, as many might suppose, primarily a matter of logic and evidence: the grounds...

My father's rejection of all that is called religious belief, was not, as many might suppose, primarily a matter of logic and evidence: the grounds...

My father's rejection of all that is called religious belief, was not, as many might suppose, primarily a matter of logic and evidence: the grounds...