2006-07-27 12:21:49 · 5 answers · asked by Edward Devere 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just type his name into Google. Many of his speeches and articles are on the Web. Read the one called "The Gods." Mark Twain admired him greatly. I have a feeling Abraham Lincoln did also.
Don't settle for Wickipedia.
2006-07-27 14:52:32 · update #1
Not my hero, but I'd recommend his lectures to anyone (except religious fundamentalists).
"The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings. The men who burned their fellow-men for a moment, believed that god would burn his enemies forever." - R.G. Ingersoll
"The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow men." - R.G. Ingersoll
"As long as every question is answered by the word "God," scientific inquiry is simply impossible." - R.G. Ingersoll
2006-07-27 12:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Oedipus Schmoedipus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane." ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
2006-07-27 19:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd never heard of him before, but I like the last two quotes of his that Oedipus put up. Sounds like someone worth studying. He's probably on Wikipedia, right?
2006-07-27 21:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-07-27 19:31:32 · answer #4 · answered by mainwory 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who?
2006-07-27 19:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋