Secularism, Unphilosophical, Immoral, and Anti-Social

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Excerpt from Secularism, Unphilosophical, Immoral, and Anti-Social: Verbatim Report of a Three Nights' Debate Between the Rev. Dr. McCann and Charles Bradlaugh, in the Hall of Science, London, on December 7th, 14th, and 21st, 1881The Chairman having read the conditions of Debate, the Rev. Dr. McCann said: - Another debate on Secularism! And why another? Surely there have been enough, and more than enough, on that subject already, without adding to their number. Can anything be urged on either side that has not been urged before? Such may be the thoughts of many, and I grant, not unreasonable ones, still, though I may not have much that is fresh to bring before you, I may arrange the old materials in such form that it will be readily seen whether my opponent is following my lead, as he is bound to do, or whether he is chalking out a new course for himself, and leaving my reasonings to take care of themselves. In such a discussion as this, it is of the utmost importance that the audience should be able to see at a glance whether the disputants are sticking to the point, or whether they are fighting shy of it. I have therefore arranged what I have to say in a series of propositions which are simple of apprehension and consecutive in thought, but the importance of which must be patent to all who read them. In order that the debate might be as thorough as possible, I sent a copy of them to Mr. Bradlaugh about a month ago, so that he is perfectly aware of the line of argument I propose adopting. (Cheers.) I base my views regarding Secularism on what I believe to be sufficient reasons.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.