RE: Why do christians make up lies when a famous atheist dies?
September 10, 2013 at 10:00 pm
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2013 at 10:01 pm by Minimalist.)
Darwin.
Robert Green Ingersoll noted this tendency.
Robert Green Ingersoll noted this tendency.
Quote:Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of wealth. As soon as the funeral is over clergymen begin to relate imaginary conversations with the deceased, and in a very little while the great man is changed to a Christian -- possibly to a saint.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll, "The Religious Belief of Abraham Lincoln"