Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) on Religious Powers and Cruelty(published by RevoltSource) |
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19th-Century American Secularist, Freethinker, Union Civil War Colonel, Civil Rights Activist, and Famed Public Speaker
: Nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #10 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Religious Powers and Cruelty
“Do you know that I have seen some people who acted as though they thought that when the Savior said "Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven," he had a raw-hide under his mantle, and made that remark simply to get the children within striking distance?”
Source: "The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child," by Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877.
"The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child," by Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877.
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