“People are given a false alternative: the choice between an unenlightened belief and an enlightened unbelief. Most intellectuals seem to pay homage to the second variant.”
Quoted in Michael Meier and Marlène Schnieper, "Wir haben Gott zu einem Ding degradiert," http://www.kath.ch/index.php?na=11,0,0,0,d,36145 Kath.ch.
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