I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind, that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.
I believe that no discovery
of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that
no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything
but vicious.
I believe that all
government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war
upon liberty.
I believe that the evidence
for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves
no more respect.
I believe in the complete
freedom of thought and speech.
I believe in the capacity of
man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how
it is run.
I believe in the reality of
progress.
I believe that it is better
to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free
than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be
ignorant.
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