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And yet this same Deity says to me, resist not evil; pray for those that despitefully use you; love your enemies, but I will eternally damn mine. It seems to me that even gods should practice what they preach.

And yet this same Deity says to me, resist not evil; pray for those that despitefully use you; love your enemies, but I will eternally damn mine. It seems to me that even gods should practice what they preach.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Love You, Practice, Evil
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.2122, Library of Alexandria

I have had some trouble in regarding evil as having been intended by infinite Goodness.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Evil, Trouble, Infinite
Robert Green Ingersoll (1951). “Letters”

Meekness is the mask of malice.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Evil, Wickedness, Mask
Robert Green Ingersoll (1888). “Prose-poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll”

When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality. To agree not to resist evil is to become an accomplice of all injustice.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Life, Evil, Triumph
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4190, Library of Alexandria

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