"No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like dead languages and obsolete customs: the decay is long and - like the glacier march - is perceptible only to the careful watcher by comparisons extending over long periods."

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Source : Marsden Gibson, Charles Bradlaugh (1889*). “Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne”

Charles Bradlaugh

#Long Quotes #People Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“Those terrifying verbal jungles called laws are simply such directives, accumulated, codified, and systematized through the centuries.”
“The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the Caliphate, but also of Mohammadan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared.”
“My life has been a series of emergencies.”

Source : "The Golden Girls of MGM: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Others". Book by Jane Ellen Wayne, 2003.
“When I'm on the road with concerts, people ask me to autograph my CDs, but more and more they come up with the cookbooks.”
“You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.”
“The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.”

Source : Robert Boyle (1966). “Works”
“I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.”
“If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim.”

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