The British parliament’s first avowedly atheist member, Charles Bradlaugh, would stride into public meetings in the 1880s, take out his pocket watch, and challenge God to strike him dead in 60 seconds. God bided his time, but got Bradlaugh in the end.
– What the New Atheists Don’t See by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Autumn 2007
Posted on Tuesday October 30th
