"Would an infinitely wise, good, and powerful God, intending to produce man, commence with the lowest possible forms o…"

"In nature I see, or seem to see, good and evil—intelligence and ignorance—goodness and cruelty—care and carelessness—…"

"If Christ wished to convince his fellow-men by miracles, why did he not do something that could not by any means have…"

"The resurrection. I want to speak about it as we would about any ordinary transaction. In the first place, I do not b…"

"Let us be honest. Suppose a man came into this city and should meet a funeral procession, and say, “Who is dead?” and…"

"Stories that made Christianity powerful then, weaken it now."

"The Christians mistake an incident for a cause, and honestly imagine that the Bible is the foundation of modern liber…"

"Rome had no Bible. God cared nothing for the Roman Empire. He let the men come up by chance. His time was taken up wi…"

"Besides, God may have changed his mind on many things; he has on slavery, and polygamy at least, according to the chu…"

"I cannot believe in the miraculous origin of Jesus Christ. I believe he was the son of Joseph and Mary; that Joseph a…"