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I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.

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Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.

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When anyone tells me that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself whether it be more probable that this person should e...more

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It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

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Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

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There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blameable, than, in philosophical disputes, to endeavour the refutation of any hypothes...more

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Here then we are first to consider a book, presented to us by a barbarous and ignorant people, written in an age when they were still more barbarous, ...more

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A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and because firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the case against a miracle is—...more

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How can we satisfy ourselves without going on in infinitum? And, after all, what satisfaction is there in that infinite progression? Let us remember t...more

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Does a man of sense run after every silly tale of hobgoblins or fairies, and canvass particularly the evidence? I never knew anyone, that examined and...more

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As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that...more