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If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds.
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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Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.
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Argument cannot be answered with insults. Kindness is strength anger blows out the lamp of the mind.
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Only a few years ago there was no person too ignorant to successfully answer Charles Darwin and the more ignorant he was the more cheerfully he undertook the task.
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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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So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.
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This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow third, enjoy today.
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Now the struggle for life is so sharp, competition is so severe, that few men can succeed who carry a useless burden. The businessmen of our country are compelled to lead temperate lives, otherwise their credit is gone.
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I am going to put the Bible out of business.
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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 the property belongs to God he is able to pay the tax.
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