Atheists are often charged with blasphemy, but it is a crime they cannot commit…
G W Foote
When the Atheist examines, denounces, or satirises the gods, he is not dealing with persons but with ideas. He is incapable of insulting God, for he does not admit the existence of any such being….
We attack not a person but a belief, not a binge but an idea, not a fact but a fancy.
G W Foote, “Who are the Blasphemers?” in Flowers of Freethought
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