Joseph Lewis

"It is because of the Biblical curse on man's search for knowledge, which has so paralyzed his mind during the past ages, and its detrimental effect upon progress, that makes the Bible the most wicked,…"

"When the tyranny of the state is combined with the hypocrisy of the church, you have a modern example of the twin vultures that have devoured man, and his rights, throughout the ages."

"Praying as a public function, particularly when led by a clergyman, is a vulgar display of an exclusively personal matter."

"Of the ten crimes which Biblical Hebrew law punished by stoning, nine have ceased to be offenses in modern society."

"A precept claiming infallibility should certainly possess the universality of the law of gravitation and the perfection of the arithmetical table. If it fails to possess these undeviating qualities, i…"

"As superstition is the weed of the brain, it grows perfusely, once started."

"On too many occasions, especially in matters concerning purported conversations and messages from gods, mystery has been employed by charlatans to hoodwink the people."

"believes that truth for truth's sake is the highest ideal and that virtue is its own reward."