The God of Hell should be held in loathing, contempt and scorn. A God who threatens eternal pain should be hated, not loved — cursed, not worshiped. A heaven presided over by such a God must be below the lowest hell. I want no part in any heaven in which the saved, the ransomed and redeemed will drown with shouts of joy the cries and sobs of hell — in which happiness will forget misery, where the tears of the lost only increase laughter and double bliss.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York
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Ingersoll, Robert Green - Lecture (1881-05-01) "The Great Infidels," Booth's Theater, New York | WIST Quotations
The God of Hell should be held in loathing, contempt and scorn. A God who threatens eternal pain should be hated, not loved -- cursed, not worshiped. A heaven presided over by such a God must be below the lowest hell.WIST Quotations
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in reply to WIST Quotations • • •Never forget who first settled there from England. They didn't flee religious persecution.. they fled because they were not allowed to carry on with their religious persecution of others...
Shame they didn't sink on the way.
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