tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13925627.post3878222260095055221..comments2023-12-15T23:36:01.113-06:00Comments on Joni's Muse ~ The Poet Within: Quotation Saturday ~ Quotes for todayjonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03401569094090026684noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13925627.post-84665605049703316092016-09-10T13:27:32.265-05:002016-09-10T13:27:32.265-05:00"Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was a..."Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism."<br /><br />I did not know Ingersoll nor care to elaborate on what he was thinking, or whom he was thinking about. I just related this weeks posts to all the quotes here.<br /><br />"but as long as organized and powerful churches, pretending to hold the keys of heaven and hell, denounce every person as an outcast and criminal who thinks for himself and denies their authority, the world will be filled with hatred and suffering."<br /><br />I would have thought he was meaning the Baptist and the Catholics. lol He was entitled to his opinion just as anyone else, that's what we have free will for, it's free :)jonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401569094090026684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13925627.post-11747806100918872942016-09-10T12:07:50.668-05:002016-09-10T12:07:50.668-05:00~
“My concern is not whether God is on our side; ...~ <br />“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.” <br />― Abraham Lincoln ~<br /><br />Good choices, Joni, though Ingersoll was a bit off. I trust he was railing against the Episcopalians and Catholics, back there in the 19th century. Would he say the same today against the Muslims? I wonder.benninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12883327259794768568noreply@blogger.com