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Creationists use facts the same way a drunk uses a lightpost: for support instead of illumination
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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Dresden
Yates County
New York
Robert Ingersoll
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Music was born of love. Had there never been any human affection, there never could have been uttered a strain of music.
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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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My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and, I might add, infinitely absurd.
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An infinite God ought to be able to protect Himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.
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It cannot be too often repeated, that truth scorns the assistance of miracle.
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All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.
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If all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.
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By physical liberty I mean the right to do anything which does not interfere with the happiness of another. By intellectual liberty I mean the right to think and the right to think wrong.
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If there is one subject in this world worthy of being discussed, worthy of being understood, it is the question of intellectual liberty. Without that, we are simply painted clay.
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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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Theology is not what we know about God, but what we do not know about Nature.
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The first duty of man is to support himself - to see to it that he does not become a burden. His next duty is to help others if he has a surplus, and if he really believes they deserve to be helped.
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The man who accepts opinions because they have been entertained by distinguished people, is a mental snob.
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If the reason I give is a good one, you will act upon it. If it is a bad one I cannot make it better by piling epithet upon epithet. There is no logic in abuse there is no argument in an epithet.
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It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.
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All religious systems enslave the mind. Certain things are demanded-certain things must be believed-certain things must be done-and the man who becomes the subject or servant of this superstition must give up all idea of indivuality or hope of intellectual growth or progress.
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