An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason. -Joseph Mccabe

 

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.


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I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.

Joseph Mccabe

Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.

Joseph Mccabe

A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts - a "bundle of facts." Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the "law" because they act in that way.

Joseph Mccabe

The making of an Atheist implies a mental stimulation and training which brings into play the primary factors of social progress.

Joseph Mccabe

Creeds made in Dark Ages are like drawings made in dark rooms.

Joseph Mccabe