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  1. A quotation from Ingersoll

    If there is anything of value, it is liberty. Liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of life. Without it the world is a prison and the universe an infinite dungeon.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 1, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

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  2. Outbreak: #Enterovirus / #Rhinovirus
    Facility: Oxford Manor
    Facility Type: Retirement Home
    Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
    Location: #Ingersoll #Ontario
    Date: 2026-01-07

    Public Health Unit: Southwestern Public Health
    Facility Tracking Hash: #SWPH0028
    PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSWPH

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  3. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    The real Bible is not the work of inspired men, nor prophets, nor apostles, nor evangelists, nor of Christs. Every man who finds a fact, adds, as it were, a word to this great book. It is not attested by prophecy, by miracles or signs. It makes no appeal to faith, to ignorance, to credulity or fear. It has no punishment for unbelief, and no reward for hypocrisy. It appeals to man in the name of demonstration. It has nothing to conceal. It has no fear of being read, of being contradicted, of being investigated and understood. It does not pretend to be holy, or sacred; it simply claims to be true. It challenges the scrutiny of all, and implores every reader to verify every line for himself. It is incapable of being blasphemed.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
    Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

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  4. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    A trial for heresy means that the spirit of persecution still lingers in the church; that it still denies the right of private judgment; that it still thinks more of creed than truth, and that it is still determined to prevent the intellectual growth of man. It means that churches are shambles in which are bought and sold the souls of men. It means that the church is still guilty of the barbarity of opposing thought with force. It means that if it had the power, the mental horizon would be bounded by a creed; that it would bring again the whips and chains and dungeon keys, the rack and fagot of the past.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
    Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #churchandstate #creed #freedomofthought #heresy #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution #theocracy #torture #trial

  5. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    Who can estimate the misery that has been caused by this most infamous doctrine of eternal punishment? Think of the lives it has blighted — of the tears it has caused — of the agony it has produced. Think of the millions who have been driven to insanity by this most terrible of dogmas. This doctrine renders God the basest and most cruel being in the universe. Compared with him, the most frightful deities of the most barbarous and degraded tribes are miracles of goodness and mercy. There is nothing more degrading than to worship such a god. Lower than this the soul can never sink. If the doctrine of eternal damnation is true, let me share the fate of the unconverted; let me have my portion in hell, rather than in heaven with a god infamous enough to inflict eternal misery upon any of the sons of men.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
    Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #afterlife #Christianity #cruelty #damnation #eternalpunishment #eternity #God #hell

  6. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

       According to the theologians, God, the Father of us all, wrote a letter to his children. The children have always differed somewhat as to the meaning of this letter. In consequence of these honest differences, these brothers began to cut out each other’s hearts.
       In every land, where this letter from God has been read, the children to whom and for whom it was written have been filled with hatred and malice. They have imprisoned and murdered each other, and the wives and children of each other. In the name of God every possible crime has been committed, every conceivable outrage has been perpetrated. Brave men, tender and loving women, beautiful girls, and prattling babes have been exterminated in the name of Jesus Christ.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
    Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

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  7. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

       I do not say, and I do not believe, that Christians are as bad as their creeds. In spite of church and dogma, there have been millions and millions of men and women true to the loftiest and most generous promptings of the human heart. They have been true to their convictions, and, with a self-denial and fortitude excelled by none, have labored and suffered for the salvation of men. Imbued with the spirit of self-sacrifice, believing that by personal effort they could rescue at least a few souls from the infinite shadow of hell, they have cheerfully endured every hardship and scorned every danger.
       And yet, notwithstanding all this, they believed that honest error was a crime. They knew that the Bible so declared, and they believed that all unbelievers would be eternally lost. They believed that religion was of God, and all heresy of the devil. They killed heretics in defense of their own souls and the souls of their children. They killed them because, according to their idea, they were the enemies of God, and because the Bible teaches that the blood of the unbeliever is a most acceptable sacrifice to heaven.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
    Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

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  8. Outbreak: Influenza A (not subtyped)
    Facility: Oxford Manor
    Facility Type: Retirement Home
    Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
    Location: #Ingersoll #Ontario
    Date: 2024-12-26

    Public Health Unit: Southwestern Public Health
    Facility Tracking Hash: #SWPH0028
    PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSWPH

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  9. Outbreak: Rhinovirus
    Facility: Oxford Manor
    Facility Type: Retirement Home
    Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
    Location: #Ingersoll #Ontario
    Date: 2024-11-09

    Public Health Unit: Southwestern Public Health
    Facility Tracking Hash: #SWPH0028
    PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSWPH

    Click or follow tracking hashtags to see data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.

  10. "OHB: Giant Magellan Telescope – Erfolgreiches Final Design Review"

    "Teleskopmontierung hat Final Design Review (FDR) erfolgreich bestanden. Eine Pressemitteilung der OHB SE Bremen."

    raumfahrer.net/ohb-giant-magel

    #Astronomie #GMT #GMTO #IMT #Ingersoll #LasCampanas #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Teleskop

    28.8.2023

  11. "OHB: Giant Magellan Telescope – Erfolgreiches Final Design Review"

    "Teleskopmontierung hat Final Design Review (FDR) erfolgreich bestanden. Eine Pressemitteilung der OHB SE Bremen."

    raumfahrer.net/ohb-giant-magel

    #Astronomie #GMT #GMTO #IMT #Ingersoll #LasCampanas #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Teleskop

    28.8.2023

  12. "OHB: Giant Magellan Telescope – Erfolgreiches Final Design Review"

    "Teleskopmontierung hat Final Design Review (FDR) erfolgreich bestanden. Eine Pressemitteilung der OHB SE Bremen."

    raumfahrer.net/ohb-giant-magel

    #Astronomie #GMT #GMTO #IMT #Ingersoll #LasCampanas #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Teleskop

    28.8.2023

  13. "OHB: Giant Magellan Telescope – Erfolgreiches Final Design Review"

    "Teleskopmontierung hat Final Design Review (FDR) erfolgreich bestanden. Eine Pressemitteilung der OHB SE Bremen."

    raumfahrer.net/ohb-giant-magel

    #Astronomie #GMT #GMTO #IMT #Ingersoll #LasCampanas #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Teleskop

    28.8.2023

  14. "OHB: Giant Magellan Telescope – Erfolgreiches Final Design Review"

    "Teleskopmontierung hat Final Design Review (FDR) erfolgreich bestanden. Eine Pressemitteilung der OHB SE Bremen."

    raumfahrer.net/ohb-giant-magel

    #Astronomie #GMT #GMTO #IMT #Ingersoll #LasCampanas #OHB #OHBDigitalConnect #Teleskop

    28.8.2023

  15. On August 12th, the Robert Green #Ingersoll Birthplace Museum will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary with the Center for nquiry and the Council for Secular Humanism. Honor the Great #Agnostic and learn more right here: bit.ly/rgi30

    #freethought #secularism #secular #humanism #atheism #religion #westernny #dresden #19thcentury #nonreligious