If your Bible is an argument for the degradation of woman, and the abuse of whipping of little children, I advise you to put it away, and use your common sense instead. Lucy Colman, 1817-1906, American suffragette and abolitionist
Of all the elements of Christianity, the most repugnant is the notion of the Christ who took our sins upon himself and sacrificed his body in agony to save our souls. Did we ask him to? Polly Toynbee (b.1946), journalist
If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said ‘No.’ Stevie Smith, 1902-1971, poet and novelist
The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfilment. Malcolm Muggeridge, 1903-1990, author
The Grumpy Vegan has catalogued more than 900 books from the Stallwood Animal Rights Archive on LibraryThing. The next update will be made when he’s reached 1,000 catalogued books. Also, 68 tags are now making it possible to search the … Continue reading
It is an open question whether any behaviour based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly. Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, anthropologist
