Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) on Religious Powers and Oppression

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(1833 - 1899)

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.)


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Quote #13 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Religious Powers and Oppression

“The popes and cardinals, the bishops, priests and parsons are all useless. They produce nothing. They live on the labor of others. They are parasites that feed on the frightened. They are vampires that suck the blood of honest toil. Every church is an organized beggar. Every one lives on alms -- on alms collected by force and fear. Every orthodox church promises heaven and threatens hell, and these promises and threats are made for the sake of alms, for revenue. Every church cries: "Believe and give."”

Source: "The Truth," by Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877, Bank of Wisdom.

"The Truth," by Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877, Bank of Wisdom.

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