Joseph McCabe: Quotes about nature

Joseph McCabe was British writer. Explore interesting quotes on nature.

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“A law of nature is not a formula drawn up by a legislator, but a mere summary of the observed facts — a "bundle of facts." Things do not act in a particular way because there is a law, but we state the "law" because they act in that way.”

The Existence of God (1913).

“Today we know not only that there is a terrible amount of disorder in the heavens — great catastrophes or conflagrations occur frequently — but evolution gives us a perfectly natural explanation of such order as there is. No distinguished astronomer now traces "the finger of God" in the heavens; and astronomers ought to know best.”

The Story of Religious Controversy http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/joseph_mccabe/religious_controversy/ (1929), p. 86.

“The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.”

The Existence of God (1913), p. 84.