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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, 1881 TO proceed then to our subject. My first proposition is that Secularism is Atheism. This, I fancy, Mr. Bradlaugh will not dispute, still it is important that I should have it acknowledged. Understand that I am not discussing whether' Atheism be true or false, with that we have no concern at present, my only contention is that Secularism is Atheism. In reference to this Mr. Bradlaugh said in his debate with Mr. Harrison (p. There is another point that I do not think I need trouble to discuss, whether Secularism is Atheism or not, because I think it is. I have always said so, I believe, for the last thirteen years Of my life, whenever I have had an Opportunity Of doing so. That Mr. Brad laugh has not changed his Opinion is shown by the National Reformer for October l6th, 1881, in which he writes: I am, too, an Atheist, and I hold that the logical and ultimate consequence Of adopting Secularism must be Atheism, and I perfectly agree with him, for the principles of the British Secular Union seem to me to be logically absurd. TO say, as they do, that outside the concerns Of the present life, Secularist members are free to hold any opinions, and to promulgate such Opinions on their own responsibility, seems to me to be very like quiet banter, for what opinions can be outside the concernsof this present life on any possible subject, philosophical or scientific?' I therefore hold most thoroughly that the position Of Mr. Bradlaugh is the only logical one, that is to say, that Secula rism is Atheism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

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