At the conclusion of a Gospel address given by a Christian, a man in the crowd asked permission to say a few words. Liberty having been granted, he spoke somewhat as follows: "Friends, I don't believe what this man has been talking about. I don't believe in a hell; I don't believe in a judgment; I don't believe in a God, for I never saw one of them.”
After going on for some time in this fashion, another man asked to be allowed to speak. Permission being obtained, he proceeded as follows: "Friends, you say that there is a river running not far from this place. There is no such thing; it is untrue. You tell me that there are trees and grass growing around me where I now stand. There are no such things. That also is not true. You tell me that there are a great many people standing here. Again I say, that is not true; there is no person standing here save myself. I suppose you wonder what I am talking about, but I was born blind; I never saw one of you; and while I talk it only shows that I am blind, or I would not say such things. And you," he said, turning to the infidel, "the more you talk, the more you expose your ignorance, because you are spiritually blind, and cannot see.”