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> is effectively crazy and bound for an asylum.

It took several thousands of years for us to come to this conclusion.

In the ancient word god/gods/divine spirit/etc. offered a perfectly reasonable explanation of how and why the world works. There were simply no better alternatives..



It didn't take "us" this long:

    Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
    - Seneca
There's just always been rubes


Are you trying to say he was an in a modern atheist or was just criticizing the state/organized religion?

> There's just always been rubes

Yes, especially now when actually both sides of the argument are full of them..




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