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Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens — great catastrophes or conflagrations occur frequently — but evolution gives us a perfectly natural explanation of such order as there is. No distinguished astronomer now traces "the finger of God" in the heavens; and astronomers ought to know best.

— Joseph McCabe The Story of Religious Controversy (1929)

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The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

The Existence of God (1913)

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

The Psychology of Religion (1927)

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

What Gods Cost Man (1933)

If, it was natural to reason, God punishes men with eternal torment, it is surely lawful for men to use doses of it in a good cause.

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.

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