Superstition and Other Essays Author:Robert G. Ingersoll Ingersoll on Truth: — "Each mind has the right to lift all curtains, withdraw all veils, scale all walls, explore all recesses, all heights, all depths for itself, in spite of church or priest, or creed or book." Ingersoll on Religion: — "Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery. It is far better to be free, to leave the fo... more »rts and barricades of fear, to stand erect and face the future, with a smile." Ingersoll on Superstition:
"Now no man in whose brain the torch of reason burns, no man who investigates, who really thinks, who is capable of weighing evidence, believes in signs, in lucky or unlucky numbers." Ingersoll on the Bible as a moral guide:
"We cannot depend on what are called 'inspired books,' or the religions of the world. These religions are based on the supernatural, and according to them we are under obligation to worship and obey some supernatural being, or beings. All these religions are inconsistent with intellectual liberty. They are the enemies of thought, of investigation, of mental honesty."« less