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I have said all I was able to say in favor of justice and liberty, in favor of home, wife and children, in favor of progress and in favor of universal kindness." And again, "Why not be happy here, as well as in heaven --- why not have joy here? Why not go to heaven now_ that is, today?" Whether he names this Omnipresence or not it means the same thing. It means the possibility of the realization now and here of the good Presence. "I do not believe that it is the chief end of man to glorify God. How can the Infinite be glorified? He has no equals, no superiors. How can he achieve what we call glory?" Is this lacking in reverence for Deity? I quote from this "arch heretic" of the age because we find in these words that lie was not an unbeliever in an Infinite Being, that he accepted and respected the character of Jesus, and believed in the Presence that makes heaven possible here and now!

To be sure, Ingersoll declares his unbelief in the law that would make the innocent suffer for the guilty. He speaks only negatively of a future state and immortality, saying: I do not deny these, because I do not know. With the doctrine of eternal punishment he had no patience, saying tritely, "I despise it." A few years hence and Ingersoll might say all he has said and be classed with "believers."

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