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Probably they had good reason for omitting it. A profane mind might make a jest of an apostle half seas over, and ridicule an apostolic gate-keeper who couldn't keep his head above water.

Probably they had good reason for omitting it. A profane mind might make a jest of an apostle half seas over, and ridicule an apostolic gate-keeper who couldn't keep his head above water.

Charles Bradlaugh
Sea, Water, Mind

Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made.

Charles Bradlaugh
Atheism, Affirmation, Form

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

Charles Bradlaugh
Mean, Sound, Affirmation
Charles Bradlaugh (1889). “Theological Essays”, p.195, Library of Alexandria

A mere society form of Atheism.

Charles Bradlaugh
Atheism, Form, Positive Atheism

Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be content with the lot in life which providence had awarded them?

Charles Bradlaugh
Atheism, Gains, Miserable
Charles Bradlaugh (1889). “Humanity's Gain from Unbelief”, p.15, Library of Alexandria

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