Superstition in All Ages 21 – Knoop · Verses Across
Freethought · Atheism
Superstition in All Ages 21XXV.—a Spiritual God Is Incapable of Willing and of Acting
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Freethought · Atheism
Superstition in All Ages 21
XXV.—a Spiritual God Is Incapable of Willing and of Acting
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The theologian tells us that God does not need hands or arms to act, and that He acts by His will alone. But what is this God who has a will? And what can be the subject of this divine will? Is it more ridiculous or more difficult to believe in fairies, in sylphs, in ghosts, in witches, in were-wolfs, than to believe in the magical or impossible action of the spirit upon the body? As soon as we admit of such a God, there are no longer fables or visions which can not be believed. The theologians treat men like children, who never cavil about the possibilities of the tales which they listen to.
