My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter
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According to this account the promise of the devil was fulfilled to the very letter, Adam and Eve did not die, and they did become as gods, knowing good and evil.Robert Ingersoll
At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits and those who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are endeavoring to make reputations among the churches by delivering weak and vapid lectures upon the 'harmony o
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If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered together, a monument higher than all the pyramids would rise
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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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If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish.
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