Why I Am an Agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll
Why I Am an Agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll
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Why I Am an Agnostic

Author: Robert G. Ingersoll

Narrator: Oberon Michaels

Unabridged: 1 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2023


Synopsis

In this essay, Ingersoll describes his religious education and the process of his arrival at the belief that agnosticism is the most reasonable world view.

About Robert G. Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) was an American freethinker who wrote prolifically on religious and social issues and became one of the most prominent advocates of secularism of his day. 

About Oberon Michaels

Oberon Michaels is an author and audiobook producer, living in Perth, Western Australia. For decades he has cultivated an interest in history, religion, metaphysics, meditation, and yoga. In previous lives, he was active as an instructor in martial arts and qi gong. His opinions are his own and not obfuscated by unnecessary learning. He is definitely a cat person.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin on January 16, 2024

The Great Agnostic Ingersoll doesn’t touch on all that is wrong with the Old and New Testaments, but he crams as many fallacies as possible in his allotment of 78 pages. on godly benevolence “They knew all about the flood. They knew that God, with the exception of about eight people, drowned all his......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on November 12, 2021

Written in the 1800s but still appropriate for today. Some may think fundamental Christianity such as Ingersoll described is long gone, but live in Oklahoma for a day and you’d think there is no other form of Christianity.......more

Goodreads review by Nik on April 05, 2015

This was a fascinating and fast read. Ingersoll was a master orator and his lecture was insightful and moving. I could summarize it with this quote from his lecture. "We can be as honest as we are ignorant. If we are, when asked what is beyond the horizon of the known, we must say that we do not kno......more

Goodreads review by James on September 25, 2017

A good lecture from an author new to me. I look forward to reading many of his others. I didn't read this exact text, but rather the version contained in The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition, Volume 4 (C.P. Farrell, 1900; Dresden Publishing Company, 1901) from Archive.org: [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Hufflepuff on July 23, 2021

A fairly interesting treatise, given by a renowned Atheist-leaning agnostic (and enemy of organized religion) from the 19th century. Most of his arguments for rejecting organized religion seem rather weak and one-sided—but a decent portion of this can be pretty easily forgiven, considering the time......more