From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created
by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
—Edward Abbey
The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive
mankind.
—Marquis de Sade
Men create the gods after their own image, not only with
regard to their form but with regard to their mode of
life.
—Aristotle
We shall tell ourselves that it would be very nice if there
were a God who created the world and was a benevolent
Providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe
and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that
all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be.
—Sigmund Freud
