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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
Didn't Voltaire say "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him"? I've always took this to be a statement that supports what you are saying; man is hard-wired to have a belief system, regardless of whether or not that is justified.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
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It has become a standard phrase in French ("Si xxx n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer") and I had no idea that Voltaire was the original author, and the original quote was about God. Thank you
Of course, it's ironic because we did invent him, didn't we. Maybe Voltaire thought so already but didn't dare say it.