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Atheists & Agnostics

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,947 posts) Thu Apr 19, 2018, 10:19 AM Apr 2018

Meet the Most Remarkable American Most People Never Heard Of

https://secularhumanism.org/index.php/1168

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Meet the Most Remarkable American Most People Never Heard Of (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2018 OP

Thanks! I've seen the statue in Peoria. Got the "I'm with Bob" keychain. Freelancer Apr 2018 #1

Been a fan for decades Brainstormy Apr 2018 #2

Thank you for posting this! deucemagnet Apr 2018 #3

Really opened my mind. trotsky Apr 2018 #4

Freelancer

(2,107 posts)

1. Thanks! I've seen the statue in Peoria. Got the "I'm with Bob" keychain.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Apr 19, 2018, 01:19 PM

Apr 2018

I've been to see the statue of him in Peoria, Illinois. It's located in a somewhat out-of-the-way spot, but appears to be well cared for. It's in a park -- Alfresco Park I think -- at the bottom of a hill where a scenic road called "Grandview Drive" meets Illinois Route 29.

Just kidding about the keychain.

Brainstormy

(2,428 posts)

2. Been a fan for decades

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Apr 19, 2018, 03:47 PM

Apr 2018

what amazes me is how really popular Ingersoll was in his lifetime. Very respected, a frequent lecturer. quite the admired intellectual. Since the Evangelical tsunami, he's disappeared. He'd probably be roundly despised today.

deucemagnet

(4,549 posts)

3. Thank you for posting this!

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Apr 19, 2018, 05:52 PM

Apr 2018

K&R!

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

4. Really opened my mind.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2018, 08:44 AM

Apr 2018

My atheism is a result of a lot of reading and study, but his words probably more than any others really shifted my perception.

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