Joseph Lewis Quotes

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If Atheism writes upon the blackboard of the Universe a question mark, it writes it for the purpose of stating that there is a question yet to be answered. Is it not better to place a question mark upon a problem while seeking an answer than to put the label "God" there and consider the matter solved? Does not the word "God" only confuse and make more difficult the solution by assuming a conclusion that is utterly groundless and palpably absurd?

Joseph Lewis
Of the ten crimes which Biblical Hebrew law punished by stoning, nine have ceased to be offenses in modern society.

Joseph Lewis
As superstition is the weed of the brain, it grows perfusely, once started.

Joseph Lewis
A precept claiming infallibility should certainly possess the universality of the law of gravitation and the perfection of the arithmetical table. If it fails to possess these undeviating qualities, its imperfection is self-evident and its value either greatly diminished or useless.

Joseph Lewis
Man's inhumanity to man will continue as long as man loves God more than he loves his fellow man.

Joseph Lewis
When the tyranny of the state is combined with the hypocrisy of the church, you have a modern example of the twin vultures that have devoured man, and his rights, throughout the ages.

Joseph Lewis
With this recognition of the finality of death, no one should willingly withhold acts that would bring benefits, joy or happiness to others.

Joseph Lewis
[Atheism] believes that truth for truth's sake is the highest ideal and that virtue is its own reward.

Joseph Lewis
Imagine using as an authority in the matter of marriage the opinion of a celibate priest!

Joseph Lewis
Praying as a public function, particularly when led by a clergyman, is a vulgar display of an exclusively personal matter.

Joseph Lewis
On too many occasions, especially in matters concerning purported conversations and messages from gods, mystery has been employed by charlatans to hoodwink the people.

Joseph Lewis
Facts and not merely opinions are what we want. Emotionalism is not a substitute for the truth.

Joseph Lewis