Part 12

78. Ought the unfortunate look for consolation, to the sole author of their misery

79. A God, who punishes the faults which he might have prevented, is a mad tyrant, who joins injustice to folly

80. What is called Free Will is an absurdity

81. But we must not conclude that Society has no right to punish

82, 83. Refutation of the arguments in favour of Free Will

84. God himself, if there were a God, would not be free: hence the inutility of all Religion

85. According to the principles of Theology, man is not free a single instant

86. There is no evil, no disorder, and no sin, but must be attributed to God: consequently God has no right either to punish or recompence

87. The prayers offered to God sufficiently prove dissatisfaction of the divine will

88. It is the height of absurdity to imagine, that the injuries and misfortunes, endured in this world, will be repaired in another world

89. Theology justifies the evil and the wickedness, permitted by its God, only by attributing to him the principle, that "Might makes Right," which is the violation of all Right

90. The absurd doctrine of Redemption, and the frequent exterminations attributed to Jehovah, impress one with the idea of an unjust and barbarous God

91. Can a being, who has called us into existence merely to make us miserable, be a generous, equitable, and tender father?

92. Man's life, and all that occurs, deposes against the liberty of Man, and against the justice and goodness of a pretended God

93. It is not true, that we owe any gratitude to what is called Providence

94. It is folly to suppose that Man is the king of nature, the favourite of God, and unique object of his labours

95. A comparison between Man and brutes

96. There are no animals so detestable as Tyrants

97. A refutation of the excellence of Man

98. An oriental Tale

99. It is madness to see nothing but the goodness of God, or to think that this universe is only made for Man

100. What is the Soul?

101. The existence of a Soul is an absurd supposition; and the existence of an immortal Soul still more absurd

102. It is evident that Man dies in toto

103. Incontestible arguments against the Spirituality of the Soul

104. On the absurdity of the supernatural causes, to which Theologians are constantly having recourse

105, 106. It is false that Materialism degrades

107. The idea of a future life is only useful to those, who trade on public credulity