In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.
Robert G. IngersollTags: politics murder skepticism worship honor monument
Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither.
Robert G. IngersollTags: science doubt inquiry skepticism heresy
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every member of his church stands guard over his brain with a creed, like a club, in his hand. He knows that he is not expected to search after the truth, but that he is employed to defend the creed. Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of his own imprisonment.
Robert G. IngersollTags: truth justice skepticism pulpit
With their backs to the sunrise they worship the night.
Robert G. IngersollTags: superstition skepticism worship
Liberty a word without which all other words are vain.
Robert G. IngersollTags: politics liberty freedom religion skepticism
The real bible is not the work of inspired men, nor prophets, nor apostles, nor evangelists, nor of Christs. Every man who finds a fact, adds, as it were, a word to this great book. It is not attested by prophecy, by miracles or signs. It makes no appeal to faith, to ignorance, to credulity or fear. It has no punishment for unbelief, and no reward for hypocrisy. It appeals to man in the name of demonstration. It has nothing to conceal. It has no fear of being read, of being contradicted, of being investigated and understood. It does not pretend to be holy, or sacred; it simply claims to be true. It challenges the scrutiny of all, and implores every reader to verify every line for himself. It is incapable of being blasphemed. This book appeals to all the surroundings of man. Each thing that exists testifies of its perfection. The earth, with its forests and plains, its rocks and seas; with its every wave and cloud; with its every leaf and bud and flower, confirms its every word, and the solemn stars, shining in the infinite abysses, are the eternal witnesses of its truth.
Robert G. IngersollTags: science religion skepticism
If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
Timothy J. KellerTags: belief skepticism resurrection
In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
René DescartesTags: skepticism
It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.
Naguib MahfouzTags: heart skepticism contradiction sentimentality
Believing everyone is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.
Abraham LincolnTags: belief skepticism
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