19 Quotes by Chapman Cohen

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. They thrive on servility and shrink before independence. They feed upon worship as kings do upon flattery. That is why the cry of gods at all times is “Worship us or we perish.” A dethroned monarch may retain some of his human dignity while driving a taxi for a living. But a god without his thunderbolt is a poor object.

ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term, it admits of no paltering and no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear-cut issues and unambiguous speech.

If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist — he is without that belief. The distinction between atheism and theism is entirely, exclusively, that of whether one has or has not a belief in God.

[Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner belonged to] that small army of brave people who made it their duty, without thought of themselves or hope or expectation of reward, to strive for unpopular causes.[Chapman Cohen on the death of noted freethinker and peace advocate Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner]

Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth.

Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

If there is a god, the only genuine friend he has is an atheist. He does not blame him for anything.

Religion is very enlightening – to those who don’t understand it.

If one believes in a god, one is a Theist. If one does not believe in a god, then one is an A-theist – he is without that belief. The distinction between atheism and theism is entirely, exclusively, that of whether one has or has not a belief in God.