The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

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...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

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.

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...

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

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

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders....

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...

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have...

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you...

It's a cruel, heartless world out there in commercial rock 'n' roll, and when you...

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless.