Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersollwas an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth11 August 1833
CountryUnited States of America
atheism slavery
All religion is slavery.
religion atheism church
Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.
ignorance religion atheism
Ignorance worships mystery; reason explains it; the one grovels, the other soars.
religion atheism doctrine
Nothing could be more idiotic and absurd than the doctrine of the trinity.
ignorance religion atheism
Fear paints pictures of ghosts and hangs them in the gallery of ignorance.
people religion atheism
If God objected to [people with various handicaps], he ought not have created such people.
atheism sin adam
We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".
years ignorant atheism
Only a few years ago there was no person too ignorant to successfully answer Charles Darwin; and the more ignorant he was the more cheerfully he undertook the task.
atheism church mosaics
The Church demonstrated the falsity and folly of Darwin's theories by showing that they contradicted the Mosaic account of creation, and now that the theories of Darwin having been fairly established, the Church says that the Mosaic account is true because it is in harmony with Darwin. Now, if it should turn out that Darwin was mistaken, what then?
hypocrite thinking atheism
The moment you introduce a despotism in the world of thought, you succeed in making hypocrites - and you get in such a position that you never know what your neighbor thinks.
atheism barbarians example
They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.
atheism doe needs
If there be an infinite Being, he does not need our help - we need not waste our energies in his defense.
names enemy atheism
The ministers, who preached at these revivals, were in earnest. They were zealous and sincere. They were not philosophers. To them science was the name of a vague dread - a dangerous enemy. They did not know much, but they believed a great deal.
doctors atheism devil
The old lady who said there must be a devil, else how could they make pictures that looked exactly like him, reasoned like a trained theologian - like a doctor of divinity.