Part 11

49. It is absurd to say that the human race is the object and end of the formation of the Universe

50. God is not made for Man, nor Man for God

51. It is not true that the object of the formation of the Universe was to render Man happy

52. What is called Providence is a word without meaning

53. This pretended Providence is the enemy of Man

54. The world is not governed by an intelligent being

55. God cannot be considered immutable

56. Good and evil are the necessary effects of natural causes. What is a God that cannot change any thing?

57. The consolations of Theology and the hope of paradise and of a future life, are imaginary

58. Another romantic reverie

59. It is in vain that Theology attempts to clear its God from human defects: either this God is not free, or else he is more wicked than good

60, 61. It is impossible to believe that there exists a God of infinite goodness and power

62. Theology makes its God a monster of absurdity, injustice, malice, and atrocity

63. All Religion inspires contemptible fears

64. There is no difference between Religion, and the most somber and servile Superstition

65. To judge from the ideas which Theology gives of the Deity, the love of God is impossible

66. An eternally tormenting God is a most detestable being

67. Theology is a tissue of palpable contradictions

68. The pretended works of God do not prove Divine Perfections

69. The perfection of God is not rendered more evident by the pretended creation of angels

70. Theology preaches the Omnipotence of its God, yet constantly makes him appear impotent

71. According to all religious systems, God would be the most capricious and most foolish of beings

72. It is absurd to say that Evil does not proceed from God

73. The foreknowledge attributed to God would give men a right to complain of his cruelty

74. Absurdity of the theological stories concerning Original Sin, and concerning Satan

75. The Devil, like Religion, was invented to enrich the priests

76. If God has been unable to render human nature incapable of sin, he has no right to punish man

77. It is absurd to say, that the conduct of God ought to be a mystery for man