Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, February 1885

"Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, February 1885" by Various is a magazine that explores complex ideas about religion and society in the late 1800s. It kicks off with a piece by Frances Power Cobbe, who makes you think about what would happen if people stopped believing in God. Cobbe wonders if faith is really as important as everyone says, and teases the possibility that maybe humans could be just fine, or even better, without it. The magazine questions if a faithless world would change how people act, what they think is right and wrong, and what role religion plays in our lives. It makes you think about how much religion guides behavior, and what could happen if those religious rules disappeared.