We shall offer a brief statement of its distinctive peculiarities, as it is developed by Mr.Holyoake, and suggest some considerations which should be seriously pondered by those who may be tempted to exchange Christianity for Secularism.
1.

The theory of Secularism is a form, not of _dogmatic_, but of _skeptical_, Atheism; it is dogmatic only in _denying the sufficiency of the evidence_ for the being and perfections of God.

It does not deny, it only does not believe, His existence.

There may be a God notwithstanding; there may even be sufficient evidence of His being, although some men cannot, or will not, see it.

"They do not deny the existence of God, but only assert that they have not sufficient proof of His existence."[257] "The Non-theist takes this ground.