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

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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...

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

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

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.

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.

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

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.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind,...

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind,...

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

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

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

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part...

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part...