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No man of sense in the whole world believes in devils any more than he does in mermaids, vampires, gorgons, hydras, naiads, dryads, nymphs, fairies, the Fountain of Youth, [or] the Philosopher's Stone. . . .
Robert Green Ingersoll
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Age: 65 †
Born: 1833
Born: August 11
Died: 1899
Died: July 21
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Just to the extent that the Bible was appealed to in matters of science, science was retarded and just to the extent that science has been appealed to in matters of religion, religion has advanced - so that now the object of intelligent religionists is to adopt a creed that will bear the test and criticism of science.
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Nothing is greater than to break the chains from the bodies of men, nothing nobler than to destroy the phantom of the soul.
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I would rather live with the woman I love in a world full of trouble, than to live in heaven with nobody but men.
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The man who finds a truth lights a torch.
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It has always seemed to me that a being coming from another world, with a message of infinite importance to mankind, should at least have verified that message by his own signature. Is it not wonderful that not one word was written by Christ?
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The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower.
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If this religion is true, then there is only one Savior, only one narrow path to life. Christianity cannot live in peace with any other religion.
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I would not for my life destroy one star of human hope, but I want it so that when a poor woman rocks the cradle and sings a lullaby to the dimpled darling, she will not be compelled to believe that ninety-nine chances in a hundred she is raising kindling wood for hell.
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Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a different meaning.
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And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?
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One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests.
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This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.
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In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.
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If, with all the time at my disposal, with all the wealth of the resources of this vast universe, to do with as I will, I could not produce a better scheme of life than now prevails, I would be ashamed of my efforts and consider my work a humiliating failure.
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Too much doubt is better than too much credulity.
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The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.
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Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.
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