isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"Among Christians there is nothing but dissension. Their various churches represent every degree of religious belief, from the omnivorous credulity of blind faith to a condescending and high-toned deference to the Deity which thinly masks an evident conviction of their own deific wisdom. All these sects believe more or less in the immortality of the [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"Since the day that modern science gave what may be considered the death-blow to dogmatic theology, by assuming the ground that religion was full of mystery, and mystery is unscientific, the mental state of the educated class has presented a curious aspect. Society seems from that time to have been ever balancing itself upon one [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"Yea, the time cometh, that whomsoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service." (Gospel According to John, xvi., 2). "Let him be ANATHEMA...who shall say that human Sciences ought to be pursued in such a spirit of freedom that one may be allowed to hold as true their assertions, even when opposed to [...]