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To quote Robert Ingersoll:

" When I became convinced that the Universe is natural -- that all

the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into

every drop of my blood, the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom.

The walls of my prison crumbled and fell, the dungeon was flooded

with light and all the bolts, and bars, and manacles became dust. I

was no longer a servant, a serf or a slave. There was for me no

master in all the wide world -- not even in infinite space. I was

free -- free to think, to express my thoughts -- free to live to my

own ideal -- free to live for myself and those I loved -- free to

use all my faculties, all my senses -- free to spread imagination's

wings -- free to investigate, to guess and dream and hope -- free to

judge and determine for myself -- free to reject all ignorant and

cruel creeds, all the " inspired " books that savages have produced,

and all the barbarous legends of the past -- free from popes and

priests -- free from all the " called " and " set apart " -- free from

sanctified mistakes and holy lies -- free from the fear of eternal

pain -- free from the winged monsters of the night -- free from

devils, ghosts and gods. For the first time I was free. There were

no prohibited places in all the realms of thought -- no air, no

space, where fancy could not spread her painted wings -- no chains

for my limbs -- no lashes for my back -- no fires for my flesh -- no

master's frown or threat -- no following another's steps -- no need

to bow, or cringe, or crawl, or utter lying words. I was free. I

stood erect and fearlessly, joyously, faced all worlds. "

 

From Why I Am Agnostic, see:

http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/why_i_am_agnostic.ht\

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The experience of dynamic religious living transforms the mediocre

individual into a personality of idealistic power. Religion ministers to

the progress of all through fostering the progress of each individual,

and the progress of each is augmented through the achievement of all.

[The Urantia Book: 1094:1][http://www.urantia.org/]

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