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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

Topics: Church Quotes, Credulity Quotes, Miracles Quotes

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what...

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion.

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...

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...

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.

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...

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

The Bible was written by barbarians in a barbarous, coarse and vulgar age.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.