A Handbook of Freethought

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Excerpt from A Handbook of Freethought: Containing in Condensed and Systematized Form a Vast Amount of Evidence Against the Superstitious Doctrines of ChristianityThere are others who do not claim that matter was made out Of nothing, but that it was in a chaotic state. And that at a certain time (before time was), God formed it into the universe in six days Of creation.But this explanation does not help us out Of our dith cultice. For if God did not create matter out Of nothing then it is eternal, and there could be no such thing as crea tion, or Creator. There is nothing in this Old story at all, if it proves on examination that the Creator did not create matter, for in that case matter is co-eternal with God, and like him, is uncaused. When this Old definition Of creation fails the theological superstructure built upon it totters and falls to the ground. For if the Creator did not originate the universe from nothing, then matter is eternal, and God is not omnipotent, is not infinite, is not God. Thus we see that we have no reason whatever to think that there ever was a beginning to matter, or that creation Of matter is at all thinkabl'e. The words beginning and creation, as thus used are without meaning.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.