Religion Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll
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Ingersoll calls religion a passing phase of human thought. He finds the doctrine of the Trinity absurd and says belief should be backed by evidence, not blind faith. He also notes that many religions arise from a hope of immortality rather than from solid proof.
![“No man of sense in the whole world believes in devils any more than he does in mermaids, vampires, gorgons, hydras, naiads, dryads, nymphs, fairies, the Fountain of Youth, [or] the Philosopher's Stone. . . .” quote by Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4c4/robert-green-ingersoll-361_believe_no-man-of-sense-in-the-whole-world-belie_2064110.png)
![“Where is the soul? . . . I refuse to believe anything of that kind without proof. The idea that, as soon as a man's breath leaves his body, the soul flops out like a chicken's head and flies off into space to find a lodgment where there [are] harps and haloes. Too much for me.” quote by Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f49/robert-green-ingersoll-361_believe_where-is-the-soul-i-refuse-to-believe-an_755809.png)
![“The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in purgatory - that is, a place where a fellow can get a chance to make a motion for a new trial.” quote by Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b22/robert-green-ingersoll-361_believe_the-catholic-church-is-a-thousand-times_1475596.jpg)
