The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 04 (of 12): Dresden Edition—Lectures

Ingersoll, Robert Green · 1899

I. Influence of Birth in determining Religious Belief--Scotch, Irish, English, and Americans Inherit their Faith--Religions of Nations not Suddenly Changed--People who Knew--What they were Certain About--Revivals--Character of Sermons Preached--Effect of Conversion--A Vermont Farmer for whom Perdition had no Terrors--The Man and his Dog--Backsliding and Re-birth--Ministers who were Sincere--A Free Will Baptist on the Rich Man and Lazarus--II. The Orthodox God--The Two Dispensations--The Infinite Horror--III. Religious Books--The Commentators--Paley's Watch Argument--Milton, Young, and Pollok--IV. Studying Astronomy--Geology--Denial and Evasion by the Clergy--V. The Poems of Robert Burns--Byr…

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