Robert Ingersoll
Robert 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"...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 August 1833
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It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions
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In all ages hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings
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The inspired Bible has been and is the greatest curse of Christendom, and will so remain as long as it is held to be inspired
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To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead
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And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees and tell him that he is good, that he is merciful, that he is just, that he is love
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Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
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Anger blows out the lamp of the mind
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Every cradle asks us, "Whence?" and every coffin, "Whither?" The poor barbarian, weeping above his dead, can answer these questions as intelligently as the robed priest of the most authentic creed
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At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits and those who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are endeavoring to make reputations among the churches by delivering weak and vapid lectures upon the 'harmony o
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Those who have loved God most have loved men least
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Those who have loved God most, have loved man least
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The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of the future
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A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
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Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition - then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness, and purity to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity.