Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the unknowable, and the absurd, and nothing but a vacuum remains

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Church Quotes

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor...

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor...

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where...

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made...

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin

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.

Atheism as 'belief in science, logic, and reality' is okay. Atheism as 'vocal disbelief of...

Atheism as 'belief in science, logic, and reality' is okay. Atheism as 'vocal disbelief of...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The chief consolation for nature's imperfection in the case of man is that not even...

The chief consolation for nature's imperfection in the case of man is that not even...

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins