(June 18, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Remember the wisdom of H. L. Mencken when dealing with bible-thumping morons.
Quote:God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters.
Nietzsche beat Mencken to the punch by decades when he located the source of the Christian worldview in resentment.