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Quotes from Some Mistakes of Moses — Robert G. Ingersoll

1833–1899 United States

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All laws for the purpose of making man worship God, are born of the same spirit that kindled the fires of the auto da fe, and lovingly built the dungeons of the Inquisition.

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

Who can over estimate the progress of the world if all the money wasted in superstition could be used to enlighten, elevate and civilize mankind?

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

Every sect is a certificate that God has not plainly revealed his will to man. To each reader the Bible conveys a different meaning.

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

These claims are so at variance with every known recorded fact, so palpably absurd, that every free unbiased soul is forced to raise the standard of revolt.

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

Churches are becoming political organizations...

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

Why should God be so jealous of the wooden idols of the heathen? Could he not compete with Baal? Was he envious of the success of the Egyptian magicians?

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

Were we allowed to read the Bible as we do all other books, we would admire its beauties, treasure its worthy thoughts, and account for all its absurd, grotesque and cruel things, by saying that its authors lived in rude, barbaric times.

Some Mistakes of Moses (1879)

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