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Robert Green Ingersoll

A collection of 10 posts

Ingersoll's Pivot Point

My friend sent me this by email. I like the term "pivot point". What was yours?: I did not go seeking this. I found it during a second reading of Ingersoll’s grandaughter’s (Eva Ingersoll Wakefield) “The Letters of Robert Ingersoll” published in 1951. The first 68

Exoneration of Jesus Christ

Here is what the Chicago Times, Oct 14, 1894, said about a talk by Robert Ingersoll: When Ingersoll reached the words “He did not know”a great sigh of relief went up from the mighty audience [of 4000].There was an instant of silence, and then a storm of applause

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How Would God Feel Then?

This is (only structurally) adapted from the great Ingersoll. Ingersoll nails a poignant idea here. HOW WOULD GOD FEEL THEN? Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899) In the sixth chapter [of Matthew] I find the following, and it comes directly after the prayer known as the Lord's prayer: "For if

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July Ingersoll

My friend Julian Haydon has created a website dedicated to the great agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll. The site is set out like a newspaper and is a labour of love. Please check it out – the link is below. To give respect to both men, I will be posting some Ingersoll

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June Ingersoll: Doubting Brains

My friend Julian Haydon has created a website dedicated to the great agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll. The site is set out like a newspaper and is a labour of love. Please check it out – the link is below. To give respect to both men, I will be posting some Ingersoll

February Ingersoll: On Belief

Yes, it's March. Well done clever clogs. But I have been a bit busy to notice, and I forgot February's Ingersoll (and January's, for that matter). My friend Julian Haydon has created a website dedicated to the great agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll. The site

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March Ingersoll

I have forgotten for the last few months, so... My friend Julian Haydon has created a website dedicated to the great agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll. The site is set out like a newspaper and is a labour of love. Please check it out – the link is below. To give respect

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Rare Recordings of the Great Agnostic

Thanks to Jim Jones for finding these rare recordings of the Great Agnostic. So sad that so much hasn't changed. Not jot. Ingersoll would be turning in his grave! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=154&v=rLLapwIoEVI

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October Ingersoll Come Check Out the Great Man!

My friend, Julian Haydon, has created a website dedicated to the great agnostic, Robert G. Imgersoll. The site is set out like a newspaper and is a labour of love. Please check it out - the link is below. To give respect to both men, I will be posting some

How To Save The Christian Religion - A Bit of Ingersoll

A little Robert Green Ingersoll for you. A trailblazer: HOW TO SAVE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION EXCERPTED FROM THE DEVIL ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Take from the New Testament the infinite savagery, the shoreless malevolence of eternal pain, the absurdity of salvation by faith, the ignorant belief in the existence of devils,