Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will not investigate, and if you think it wrong, the church will investigate you.


The Gods, and Other Lectures (ed. 1874)


Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will not...

Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will not...

Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will not...

Honest investigation is utterly impossible within the pale of any church, for the reason, that if you think the church is right you will not...