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I doubt that what this guy's saying is true. Do you believe him?
I am a descendent of this man, (Robert Green Ingersoll) he's one of my ancestors, and if anybody would know of which he speaks, he would, his father was a Methodist minister, and yes I do believe what he says is true. He spoke out against organized religion, such as the Church, not belief, he was an agnostic, not an atheist.
The Christians mistake an incident for a cause, and honestly imagine thatthe Bible is the foundation of modern liberty and law. They forget physical conditions, make no account of commerce, cared nothing of inventions and discoveries, and ignorantly give the credit to their inspired book.
The foundations of our civilization were laid centuries before Christianitywas known. The intelligence of courage, of self-government, of industry, that uniting made the civilization of the century, did not come from Judea, but from every nation of the ancient world.
It probably will not be long until the churches will divided sharply upon political, as upon theological questions; and when that day comes, if there are not liberals enough to hold the balance of power, this Government will be destroyed. The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and the sword are in partnership, man is a slave.
The Christians mistake an incident for a cause, and honestly imagine thatthe Bible is the foundation of modern liberty and law. They forget physical conditions, make no account of commerce, cared nothing of inventions and discoveries, and ignorantly give the credit to their inspired book.
The foundations of our civilization were laid centuries before Christianitywas known. The intelligence of courage, of self-government, of industry, that uniting made the civilization of the century, did not come from Judea, but from every nation of the ancient world.
It probably will not be long until the churches will divided sharply upon political, as upon theological questions; and when that day comes, if there are not liberals enough to hold the balance of power, this Government will be destroyed. The liberty of man is not safe in the hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and the sword are in partnership, man is a slave.
Just a few quotes from Robert Green Ingersoll.
I love me some Ingersoll. That man was so on target!
I've begun worshipping the Sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the Sun. It's there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, a lovely day. There's no mystery, no one asks for money, I don't have to dress up, and there's no boring pageantry. And interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to God are all answered at about the same 50-percent rate.
[George Carlin]
Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads….
[Martin Luther] - Christian Reformer
If 50 million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing
[Anatole France]
If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?
If abuses are destroyed, man must destroy them. If slaves are freed, man must free them. If new truths are discovered, man must discover them. If the naked are clothed; if the hungry are fed; if justice is done; if labor is rewarded; if superstition is driven from the mind; if the defenseless are protected and if the right finally triumphs, all must be the work of man. The grand victories of the future must be won by man, and by man alone.
[Robert G. Ingersoll, "The Gods", 1872]
If atheism is a religion, then bald is a hair color.
[Mark Schnitzius on alt.atheism]
If the book [the Bible] and my brain are both the work of the same Infinite God, whose fault is it that the book and my brain do not agree?
[Robert G. Ingersoll]
If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is doomed. For that view of resurrection is not believable, and if that is all there is, then Christianity, which depends upon the truth and authenticity of Jesus' resurrection, also is not believable.
The Bible was the real persecutor, the Bible burned heretics, built dungeons, founded the Inquisition, and trample upon all the liberties of man.
How long,O how long will mankind worship a book? How long will they grovel in the dust before the ignorant legends of the barbaric past? How long, O how long will they pursue phantoms in a darkness deeper than death?
Quote from Robert Green Ingersoll
"Heretics and Heresies" 1874
Over every fortress of tyranny has waved, and still waves, the banner of the Church.
The Church has been, and still is, the great robber, she has rifled not only the pockets but the brains of the world.
Robert Green Ingersoll's quote from "Individuality" 1873
the measure of a man is in his actions, not his beliefs.
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