Suppose, however, that God did give this law to the Jews, and did tell them that whenever a man preached a heresy, or proposed to worship any other God that they should kill him; and suppose that afterward this same God took upon himself flesh, and came to this very chosen people and taught a different religion, and that thereupon the Jews crucified him; I ask you, did he not reap exactly what he had sown? What right would this god have to complain of a crucifixion suffered in accordance with his own command?
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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