Chapman Cohen

Chapman Cohen
Chapman Cohen (1868–1954) was a prominent British atheist, secularist, and writer known for his work in promoting rationalism and free thought. He served as the president of the National Secular Society and was a key figure in advocating for humanism and atheism in the early 20th century. Cohen authored several influential books, including "Religion and Science" and "Theism or Atheism: The Great Alternative," which challenged religious doctrines and promoted secular philosophy. His writings contributed significantly to the intellectual debate on religion and science in his time.

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Preface. Shrouded in the cloak of philosophy, the question of the existence of God continues to attract attention, and, I may add, to command more respect than it deserves. For it is only by a subterfuge that it assumes the rank of philosophy. "God" enters into philosophy only when it is beginning to lose caste in its proper home, and then in its new environment it undergoes such a... more...

PREFACE In spite of all that has been done in the way of applying scientific principles to religious ideas, there is much that yet remains to be accomplished. Generally speaking science has only dealt with the subject of religion in its more normal and more regularised forms. The last half-century has produced many elaborate and fruitful studies of the origin of religious ideas, while comparative... more...