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Better A Thousandfold Abuse Of Free Speech Than Denial Of Free Speech.

Atheism Is Without God. It Does Not Assert No God.

I Do Not Deny "god", Because That Word Conveys To Me No Idea, And I Cannot Deny That Which Presents To Me No Distinct Affirmation, And Of Which The Would-be Affirmer Has No Conception.

Without Free Speech No Search For Truth Is Possible; Without Free Speech No Discovery Of Truth Is Useful; Without Free Speech Progress Is Checked, And The Nations No Longer March Forward Towards The Nobler Life Which The Future Holds For Man. Better A Thousandfold Abuse Of Free Speech Than Denial Of Free Speech. The Abuse Dies In A Day; But The Denial Stays The Life Of The People And Entombs The Hope Of The Race.

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.