If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.
Logically, this kind of atheism did not prove that there was no God.... On the contrary, Southwell was typical in placing the onus probandi on those who affirmed the existence of God and Holyoake rega...
It's tough to get out of one's inherited imbecilic culture, and a thus inherited or endowed lunatic belief system. A freethinker must overcome every deadened system. Especially one's own.
Science explains the how.Philosophy explains the why.Free-thinkers need both.