I never attempt to take away people’s God from them, because that God is associated with a lot of human sentiments in the human psyche that act as fuel in daily survival. If you try to take away some hungry man’s stale bread, he would fight back, but if you give him something healthier and more substantial than the bread, then he would throw away the bread himself and accept your better food. The same is for God. Abhijit Naskar
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The statement, I never attempt to take away people’s God from them, because that God is associated with a lot of human sentiments in the human psyche that act as fuel in daily survival. If you try to take away some hungry man’s stale bread, he would fight back, but if you give him something healthier and more substantial than the bread, then he would throw away the bread himself and accept your better food. The same is for God. is taken from an essay by H.

L. Mencken, who was a journalist and a commentator. In this essay, he was making a point about religion and religionists.

He believed that religion had a place in society, but that it should not be used as a weapon to coerce people into following a particular belief system or religion whether it be Christianity or Islam or any other religion for that matter. In his view, the life of a person should not be dictated by their religion but rather their life should be dictated by their own personal beliefs and what they believe best suits them as an individual.

Source: 7 Billion Gods: Humans Above All

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