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World's Oldest Freethought Publication Volume 142 Founded by D.M WORLD’S OLDEST FREETHOUGHT PUBLICATION VOLUME 142 FOUNDED BY D.M. BENNETT IN 1873 SEPTEMBER 2015 There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. —Robert Green Ingersoll contents THE GREAT AGNOSTIC | American Freethought film series excerpt 4 Roderick Bradford DENYING & WELCOMING THE END: THE EVANGELICAL DUPLICITY 16 Global warming is God’s work – let him fix it! DEAR READER, Thomas Larson After meeting Robert Ingersoll, Truth Seeker founder D.M. Ben- to communicate with dead people was all the rage. Editors, EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF WATSON HESTON 20, 29 nett wrote: “Col. Bob is decidedly a great man. He has few writers, and, surprisingly, some scientists and skeptics were se- equals in any country, and probably no superiors.” duced by spiritualism. In New York City we follow the founder INGERSOLL FORUM 21 A young freethinker learns never to take himself too god-damned seriously Ingersoll—known as the Great Agnostic—was not only the of the Truth Seeker and Robert Ingersoll as they visit “Dr.” Hen- Paul Krassner most important figure in American Freethought, he was the ry Slade, the infamous “clairvoyant physician.” attorney who intervened after D.M. Bennett’s arrest in 1877 Freethought historian Fred Whitehead writes about Sinclair THE SLADE EXPOSURE 24 for mailing “obscenity.” Ingersoll also personally lobbied the Lewis, the author of Elmer Gantry. Robert Ingersoll and the Truth The Truth Seeker and the Great Agnostic visit the infamous “clairvoyant physician” President of the United States during the elderly editor’s unjust Seeker are mentioned in the best-selling book about an immor- Roderick Bradford imprisonment for mailing Cupid’s Yokes. [The “obscene, lewd, al evangelist and religious fanaticism that was condemned by WHAT IS ANARCHISM? 26 lascivious, and dangerous” pamphlet is on our website.] Christian clerics and banned in cities across America. A young Chicago writer explains how anarchism supports total freedom We’re fortunate to have Tom Flynn share his encyclopedic It’s especially amusing to hear how Paul Krassner joined the Geoffrey Andrade knowledge about the Great Agnostic. Tom Flynn is the director ranks of freethought in 1953 after attending an Ingersoll Fo- I PREFER THE WORD ‘AGNOSTIC’ 30 of the Robert G. Ingersoll Birthplace Museum in Dresden, New rum sponsored by the Truth Seeker in New York City. That year Charles Darwin’s irreligious views revealed by the Truth Seeker in 1882 York. The village of Dresden is on the western shores of Seneca Krassner began his legendary literary career while working for Roderick Bradford Lake in the heart of the heavenly (but not home of the tyrant) Lyle Stuart, the provocative publisher and self-described “First WHY I AM AN AGNOSTIC | The great attorney defends his doubt 35 finger lakes region. Amendment fanatic.” (Five decades later, Lyle Stuart agreed to Clarence Darrow Another friend of the Truth Seeker was Clarence Darrow. In publish our D.M. Bennett biography, but the deal failed to mate- SINCLAIR LEWIS | Biography of the author who blasted organized religion 39 this issue, the “attorney for the damned” whose “village infidel” rialize). Prometheus Books, however, ultimately published D.M. Fred Whitehead father was a Truth Seeker subscriber explains his agnosticism. Bennett: The Truth Seeker and provides an excerpt from God and “History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with his- Government by Rev. Barry Lynn, the executive director of Ameri- GOD AND GOVERNMENT – Book Excerpt 40 A lawyer defends church-state separation tory,” was a Darrow quote which could be our theme. Thomas cans United for Separation of Church and State since 1992. Rev. Barry Lynn Larson drills deep into the global warming debate and the San Our erstwhile editor Eugene Macdonald (1883-1909) was Diego writer exposes the loony evangelical Christians who seem- an individualist anarchist and would appreciate Geoffrey An- THE LAST WORD | The Great Agnostic’s creed and D.M. Bennett’s views on death 43 ingly share a secret wish to welcome a “raptured annihilation.” drade’s article. Andrade defines anarchism for our readers from Issues of the Truth Seeker and images of Robert Ingersoll photographed by Roderick Today’s climate change deniers are regrettably similar to his home in Chicago, the windy city where the Haymarket trag- Bradford at the Center for Inquiry Libraries in Amherst, New York. Photograph of D.M. Bennett on page 10 courtesy of Brian Gortner. Additional photographs and flat-earthers and prominent 19th century Christians who de- edy occurred and Clarence Darrow became America’s leading illustrations obtained from the Library of Congress. nounced Charles Darwin and condemned the freethinkers lawyer. The Haymarket massacre in 1886 and the internation- who championed scientific truth. Darwinism has arguably ally publicized trial ignited antagonism towards anarchists and graced the cover of the Truth Seeker as often as Thomas Paine or freethinkers. Editor and Publisher Roderick Bradford Robert Ingersoll. In this issue, D.M. Bennett’s role in publiciz- At the Truth Seeker, we believe in the momentous history Creative Director and Designer Francesca M. Smith ing Darwin’s unbelief and the editor’s association with some of of the American Freethought movement and in Clarence Dar- Victorian England’s most acclaimed atheists is brought to light. row’s judgment: “It is well for us to remember these men and RODERICK BRADFORD The debate over the term “spiritual” among today’s secular- women who have made it safe to think.” P.O. Box 178213 | San Diego, California 92177 ists and notable New Atheist authors is not new. Over a centu- To learn more about Robert Ingersoll and other great free- Visit our website www.thetruthseeker.net ry ago, D.M. Bennett was roundly criticized for his spiritualist thinkers, visit our www.thegreatagnostic.com website. The Truth Seeker publication and TheTruthSeeker.net website are funded by the James Hervey Johnson Charitable Educational Trust beliefs and interest in Theosophy. In the Victorian era, trying –RODERICK BRADFORD Copyright ©2015 Roderick Bradford | 2 | THETRUTHSEEKER.net September 2015 | 3 | “Is there a God? I do not know.” THEEXCERPT FROMGREAT GNOSTIC AMERICAN FREETHOUGHT FILM SERIES WRITTEN BY RODERICK BRADFORD WITH COMMENTARY BY TOM FLYNN A obert Green Ingersoll was born on August 11, 1833 in Dresden, a vil- lage with the population of about ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 300 in New York’s Finger Lakes region. 1833-1899 RTOM FLYNN: His father was a pastor who in the 1830s was one of the country’s most outspoken abolitionists. And he was prob- ably too far ahead of his time. Reverend he peerless orator, political speechmaker, and foremost freethinker Ingersoll tended not to hold a preaching of the late 19th century. job very long. ROBERT RESENTED HOW HIS father was treat- DecadesT before microphones and radio, Robert Ingersoll’s voice was heard by ed by proslavery congregations and dread- ed Sundays—which in the Ingersoll home, more people than any other political or religious leader in America. began on Saturday night. Every Sunday Robert was forced to attend two religious If Thomas Paine was the “Patron Saint of Freethought,” services filled with hymns, prayers, and Robert Ingersoll was “Pope Bob.” long, monotonous sermons. Following the first service and during Sunday school, he and the other children sat listening in the | | THETRUTHSEEKER.net SeptemberSeptember 20152015 || 5 || INGERSOLL MARRIED EVA PARKER, the freethinking daughter of rose in our seats and yelled. There was something hypnotic Below, right INGERSOLL, 1862 AND 1868. a liberal Peoria judge. His new wife and father-in-law per- in his rhythm as well as in his phrasing... His power over his Previous page INGERSOLL’S BIRTHPLACE, DRESDEN, NY suaded Ingersoll to speak out against the evils of Christianity. auditors was absolute.” Opposite INGERSOLL’S HOME, PEORIA, ILLINOIS Beginning in 1869, Ingersoll toured the nation giving six or FLYNN: He would commonly speak indoors before three or seven lectures a week to sold-out halls. He spoke for hours in four thousand in the big city theaters. He would routinely front of thousands. Audiences were not limited to freethink- play the very large theaters in large cities, mid-size cities. On ers; a large portion were God-fearing citizens. one occasion in Chicago he gave a political speech before an FLYNN: During a period when the public lecture was one of outdoor crowd of 50,000 people. I imagine only the ones the most popular means of both instruction and entertain- who were closest actually got to hear much. But 50,000 peo- ment, Robert Green Ingersoll was the undisputed king of ple came out to be in the presence of Robert Ingersoll. the American lecture circuit. When Ingersoll came to town, MARK TWAIN—THE Truth Seeker’s most irreverent subscriber — whether you liked him or hated him, everyone wanted to portrayed Ingersoll as “an angelic orator; the evangel of a new come out and hear him. “Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my gospel, the gospel of freethought.” hymn-book,” he was fond of saying. FLYNN: Mark Twain, or Samuel Clemens, his real name, was “HE KNEW,” THE Truth Seeker noted, “the harmony of word and a great fan of Ingersoll. On one occasion Clemens attended a thought and season.” According to lecturer and oratory in- dinner for President Grant where Ingersoll had given a speech. structor Hamlin Garland, Edwin Booth was America’s greatest After the speech Twain went back to his hotel wrote a letter actor. But Robert Ingersoll, Garland argued, was “our great- to his wife Livy and said: “What an organ is human speech est orator” who “bantered us, challenged us electrified us.” At when it is played by a master!” And in that Mark Twain is one times Garland wrote, “his eloquence held us silent as images of literally scores of prominent Gilded Age figures who are and then some witty turn, some humorous phrase, brought united in telling us what an incredible experience it was to roars of applause.
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