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Robert Ingersoll quote

Rockon

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No big deal here...I just thought I'd note that the quote from Robert Ingersoll absolutely rocks....

The guy is clear and appears to have been chock full of character. Guess I'll have to read up on him.

A great start to a long weekend.

Tim
 
Rockon said:
No big deal here...I just thought I'd note that the quote from Robert Ingersoll absolutely rocks....

The guy is clear and appears to have been chock full of character. Guess I'll have to read up on him.

A great start to a long weekend.

Tim
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I'd recommend "Some Mistakes of Moses" as a starter. No wonder the clergy hated him.

I always wonder what he's have been like in person...quite like Randi (without the beard)
 
You can find an online text of "Some Mistakes of Moses" by following this link

He begins:

I WANT to do what little I can to make my country truly free, to broaden the intellectual horizon of our people, to destroy the prejudices born of ignorance and fear, to do away with the blind worship of the ignoble past, with the idea that all the great and good are dead, that the living are totally depraved, that all pleasures are sins, that sighs and groans are alone pleasing to God, that thought is dangerous, that intellectual courage is a crime, that cowardice is a virtue, that a certain belief is necessary to secure salvation, that to carry a cross in this world will give us a palm in the next, and that we must allow some priest to be the pilot of our souls.

Now that would make a good sig line!

Graham
 
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