Better A Thousandfold Abuse Of Free Speech

I Know Not What You Mean By God; The Word God Is To Me A Sound Conveying No Clear Or Distinct Affirmation.

Idle And Meaningless ... A Form Less Solemn To Me Than The Affirmation I Would Have Reverently Made.

God Is A Spirit. Jesus Was Led Up Of The Spirit To Be Tempted Of The Devil; And It Is Also True That Spirits Are Very Likely To Lead Men To The Devil. Too Intimate Acquaintance With Whisky Toddy Overnight Is Often Followed By The Delirium Tremens And Blue-devils On The Morrow. We Advise Our Readers To Eschew Alike Spirituous And Spiritual Mixtures. They Interfere Sadly With Sober Thinking, And Play The Devil With Your Brains.

The Atheist Does Not Say 'there Is No God,' But He Says 'i Know Not What You Mean By God; I Am Without Idea Of God'; The Word 'god' Is To Me A Sound Conveying No Clear Or Distinct Affirmation. ... The Bible God I Deny; The Christian God I Disbelieve In; But I Am Not Rash Enough To Say There Is No God As Long As You Tell Me You Are Unprepared To Define God To Me.

The Abuse Dies In A Day; But The Denial Slays The Life Of The People And Entombs The Hope Of The Race.