Now I insist that on the Atheist's principles there can be no such sacredness, and I decline to recognise it.

I take the full consequences and claim the full liberty of my belief.
"Christians may, of course, urge that their _feelings_ on such a subject as religion _are sacred_, and a few superstitious Freethinkers may concede this monstrous position.

I do not.
The feelings of a Christian about Father, Son and Holy Ghost, are no more sacred than my feelings on any other subject.
I have no quarrel with persons, and I recognise how many are hurt by satire.

But the world is not to be regulated by their feelings, and much as I respect them, I have a greater respect for truth.

Every mental weapon is valid against mental error.
And as ridicule has been found the most potent weapon of religious enfranchisement, we are bound to use it against the wretched superstitions which cumber the path of progress.