• THE GODS (6)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll For ages all nations supposed that the sick and insane were possessed by evil spirits. For thousands of years the practice…
  • THE GODS (13)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll When we abandon the doctrine that some infinite being created matter and force, and enacted a code of laws for their…
  • THE GODS (3)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll Our ancestors not only had their god-factories, but they made devils as well. These devils were generally disgraced and fallen gods.…
  • THE GODS (2)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll The doctrine that future happiness depends upon belief is monstrous. It is the infamy of infamies. The notion that faith in…
  • THE GODS (8)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll A devout clergyman sought every opportunity to impress upon the mind of his son the fact, that God takes care of…
  • What did Einstein think of religion?

    Albert Einstein is regarded as one of the major geniuses of all time. Attaching his name to an idea immediately gives it a degree of…
  • THE GODS (7)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll Many writers maintain that an idea to become universal must be true ; that all universal ideas are innate, and that…
  • THE GODS (4)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll Some nations have borrowed their gods; of this number, we are compelled to say, is our own. The Jews having ceased…
  • THE GODS (1)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll Over the next several Meditations, I will be serializing Ingersoll’s The Gods. Ingersoll published this as a single work, the division…
  • THE GODS (5)

    by: Robert G. Ingersoll Man has never been at a loss for gods. He has worshiped almost everything, including the vilest and most disgusting beasts.…