Words from Robert Ingersoll - 8

Notwithstanding the fact that infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice, we are constantly charged by the Church with tearing down without building again. The Church should by this time know that it is utterly impossible to rob men of their opinions. The history of religious persecution fully establishes the fact that the mind necessarily resists and defies every attempt to control it by violence. The mind necessarily clings to old ideas until prepared for the new. The moment we comprehend the truth, all erroneous ideas are of necessity cast aside.

For the vagaries of the clouds the infidels propose to substitute the realities of the earth; for superstitions, the splendid demonstrations and achievements of science; and for theological tyranny, the chainless liberty of thought.

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