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E. Haldeman-Julius

" Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Men , Fear , Wise

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" We are well aware that religion is not as bad an influence as it was a short time ago, as history is counted. But it is a sufficiently bad influence even in modern times, and its reduced viciousness (in practice) is due plainly enough to its reduced power. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Influence , Practice , Atheism

" It is natural that people should differ most, and most violently, about the unknowable . . . There is all the room in the world for divergence of opinion about something that, so far as we can realistically perceive, does not exist. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

People , World , Doe

" Religion glorifies the dogma of a despotic, mythical God. Atheism ennobles the interests of free and progressive Man. Religion is superstition. Atheism is sanity. Religion is medieval. Atheism is modern. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Men , Atheism

" Church tax exemption means that we all drop our money in the collection boxes, whether we go to church or not and whether we are interested in the church or not. It is systematic and complete robbery, from which none of us escapes. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Church , Mean

" A good title is a work of a genius! "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Titles , Genius

" Would you tax God? asks a defender of church tax exemption. Well, if there were a God he should be able to pay his own way and support his own business. If not, then he should do like other business men and close up shop. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Men , Support , Church

" A sober, devout man will interpret 'God's will' soberly and devoutly. A fanatic, with bloodshot mind, will interpret 'God's will' fanatically. Men of extreme, illogical views will interpret 'God's will' in eccentric fashion. Kindly, charitable, generous men will interpret 'God's will' according to their character. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Men , Fashion , Character

" Why should the residence of a preacher be untaxed? Useful citizens must pay taxes on their homes. Yet the Preacher - actually and notoriously the least useful member of the community - lives in a tax-free dwelling. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Home , Community , Dwelling

" The influences that have lifted the race to a higher moral level are education, freedom, leisure, the humanizing tendency of a better-supplied and more interesting life. In a word, science and liberalism . . . have accomplished the very things for which religion claims the credit. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Race , Credit , Interesting

" Martyrs have been sincere. And so have tyrants. Wise men have been sincere. And so have fools. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Men , Fear , Wise

" The church has contributed nothing to civilization. It has progressed somewhat, and it has become a little more decent, in reflection of the movements of civilization that have taken place outside of the church and usually in the face of the strong opposition of the church. But the church has always resisted the process of civilization. It has struggled to the last ditch, by fair means and foul, to preserve as long as it could the vestiges of ancient and medieval theology, with all the puerile moralities and harsh customs and medieval styles of belief. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Strong , Taken , Mean

" It is an absurd fiction that the churches are useful. They are nothing more than propaganda centers for superstitious faiths and doctrines. Church members have a right to believe in and propagate their various doctrines. But they should pay every item of the cost, of this propaganda, including fair taxation for all church property. "

E. Haldeman-Julius

Believe , Church

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