alf, so as to mitigate the punishment to which he had
already been doomed.

What a diabolical scheme of fraud by which to live upon the sweat and
labor of others.

It was such a profitable scheme that the priests began to maintain their
power by the force of arms.

As a result there came into existence the twin tyrannies of church and
state.

It seems incredible that such nonsense was ever imposed upon suffering
humanity, and nonsense it would be were it not so tragic.

So fearful did he become that he thought that he could not live without
the "protection" of the priests, and as Ingersoll said, "as long as
people wanted Popes, plenty of hypocrites will be found to take their
place...."

Ingersoll further declared: "The priests pretended to stand between the
wrath of the gods and the helplessness of man. He was man's attorney at
the court of heaven. He carried to the invisible world a flag of truce,
a protest and a request. He came back with a command, with authority and
power. Man fell upon his knees before his own servant, and the priest,
taking advantage of the awe inspired by his supposed influence with the
gods, made of his fellow-man a cringing hypocrite and slave."

As long as there is one person suffering an injustice; as long as one
person is forced to bear an unnecessary sorrow; as long as one person is
subject to an undeserved pain, the worship of a God is a demoralizing
humiliation.

As long as there is one mistake in the universe; as long as one wrong is
permitted to exist; as long as there is hatred and antagonism among
mankind, the existence of a God is a moral impossibility.

Ingersoll said: "Injustice upon earth renders the justice of heaven
impossible."

Man's inhumanity to man will continue as long as man loves God more than
he loves his fellow man.

The love of God means wasted love.

"For God and Country" means a divided allegiance--a 50 per cent patriot.

The most abused word in the language of man is the word "God."

The reason for this is that it is subject to so much abuse.

There is no other word in the human language that is as meaningless and
incapable of explanation as is the word "God."

It is the beginning and end of nothing.

It is the Alpha and Omega of Ignorance.

It has as many meanings as there are minds. And as each person has an
opinion of what the word God ought to mean, it is a word without
premise, without foundation, and without substance.

It is without