The Works Of Robert G. Ingersoll Vol. 3

The speeches and writings of eminent American orator and agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll are collected in The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Vol. 3. The book explores a broad variety of subjects including politics science literature and religion. Ingersoll's condemnation of organized religion and his support for free thought and rationality are two of the book's main topics. He contends that religion is founded on blind faith rather than reason or proof and that this has led to many of the world's issues. Ingersoll supports a society founded on human reason and scientific understanding rather than religious dogma. Ingersoll discusses a number of contemporary social and political topics including women's rights the death penalty and the function of government in addition to his critiques of religion. Regardless of a person's color gender or socioeconomic standing he supports individual freedom and equal rights for everyone. Ingersoll's writing is praised for its clarity humor and rationality throughout the whole book. In his day his lectures and articles were very well-liked and readers and academics still value them now.