The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bl…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation, and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be believed only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance, called faith. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1990). On The Gods and Other Essays
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