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Thread ID: 18743 | Posts: 6 | Started: 2005-06-21
2005-06-21 06:24 | User Profile
I picked up "Orthodoxy" by G.K. Chesterton, and in the opening pages I ran across a term I haven't encountered before. I tried looking it up both in the encyclopedia and online, but haven't had any luck. The term is Bradlaughites, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me understand it. Here is the context of the word in his book:
"Then came the Bradlaughites, the last religious men, the last men who cared about God; but they could not alter it."
Any help would be appreciated. :beer:
2005-06-21 07:06 | User Profile
[url]http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbradlaugh.htm[/url] ' The only Bradlaugh I'm aware of, anyhow.[url="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbradlaugh.htm"][/url]
2005-06-21 07:16 | User Profile
But Charles Bradlaugh was an anti-christian atheist... ?
The quote does make much sense to me given that... ?
[I]"Then came the Bradlaughites, the last religious men, the last men who cared about God; but they could not alter it."[/I]
Any one know what Chesterton is talking about?
2005-06-21 08:40 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Faust]But Charles Bradlaugh was an anti-christian atheist... ?
The quote does make much sense to me given that... ?
"Then came the Bradlaughites, the last religious men, the last men who cared about God; but they could not alter it."
Any one know what Chesterton is talking about?[/QUOTE] I can't say for sure (I haven't read "Orthodoxy"), but my guess is that he was being paradoxical, making a comment about how vehement anti-Christian atheists are among the last to care about the concept of God at all. They at least spend time thinking about it, etc.
2005-06-21 14:48 | User Profile
Terribly sorry and embarassed, the book I am reading is Heretics. Orthodoxy was written in reply to criticisms of Heretics. Thank you for your help, it is clearer based on replies above.
2005-06-21 15:16 | User Profile
John, Please share your impressions of 'Heretics' when you finish it. I have read a great deal of Chesterton, but I haven't read that one yet. Both 'Orthodoxy' and 'The Everlasting Man' are absolutely outstanding.