Certainly the Old Testament does not teach us that there is another life, and upon that question even the New is obscure and vague. The hunger of the heart finds only a few small and scattered crumbs. There is nothing definite, solid, and satisfying. United with the idea of immortality we find the absurdity of the resurrection. A prophecy that depends for its fulfillment upon an impossibility, cannot satisfy the brain or heart.
Fear is religion, courage is science. - Robert Green Ingersoll
Fear is religion, courage is science.
- Robert Green Ingersoll
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, wi… - Robert Green Ingersoll
The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, wi…
Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon. - Robert Green Ingersoll
Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe is a dungeon.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. - Robert Green Ingersoll
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise! - Robert Green Ingersoll
Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite being wants his praise!
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. - Robert Green Ingersoll
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science. - Robert Green Ingersoll
Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. - Robert Green Ingersoll
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his? - Robert Green Ingersoll
And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?
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