We advocate the atheistic philosophy because it is the only clear, consistent position which seems possible to us. As atheists, we simply deny the assumptions of theism; we declare that the God idea, in all its features, is unreasonable and unprovable; we add, more vitally, that the God idea is an interference with the interests of human happiness and progress. We oppose religion not merely as a set of theological ideas; but we must also oppose religion as a political, social and moral influence detrimental to the welfare of humanity.
Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside,_ is a safe rule for those who would always retain the good opinion of that all-powerful, but somewhat unintelligent, incubus, __he average person,_ but the pioneer, the guide, is necessary. That is, if the world is to move forward.
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Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside,_ is a safe rule for those who would always retain the good opinion of that all-powerful, but somewhat unintelligent, incubus, __he average person,_ but the pioneer, the guide, is necessary. That is, if the world is to move forward.
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