Robert Green Ingersoll ( 10 of 41 )
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.
Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would read more
If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane.
Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the read more
Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the weak
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever tended to discredit the church, read more
The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever tended to discredit the church, and that he piously magnified all that conduced to her glory
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every read more
A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.
The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take read more
The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory
Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment
Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment
