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Joseph McCabe
Joseph McCabe (1867–1955) was a British writer, philosopher, and former Catholic priest who became a prominent advocate of atheism and freethought. After leaving the priesthood in 1896, he wrote extensively on religion, science, and philosophy, producing over 200 books and pamphlets. Some of his notable works include "The Myth of the Resurrection" and "The Lies and Fallacies of the Encyclopedia Britannica." McCabe was known for his rationalist perspective and was a vocal critic of organized religion, especially the Catholic Church.
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CHAPTER I THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCHES The first question which the unprejudiced inquirer will seek to answer is: How far were the Churches able to prevent, yet remiss in using their influence to prevent, the present war? There is, unhappily, in these matters no such thing as an entirely unprejudiced inquirer. Our preconceived ideas act like magnets on the material of evidence which is submitted...
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CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE UNIVERSE The beginning of the victorious career of modern science was very largely due to the making of two stimulating discoveries at the close of the Middle Ages. One was the discovery of the earth: the other the discovery of the universe. Men were confined, like molluscs in their shells, by a belief that they occupied the centre of a comparatively small...
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