No religion I ever encountered made any sense. None are consistent. Most gods are megalomaniacs and paranoid psychotics by their worshippers' description. I don't see how they could survive their own insanity. But it's not impossible that human beings are incapable of interpreting a power so much greater than themselves. Maybe religions are twisted and perverted shadows of truth. Maybe there are forces which shape the world. I myself have never understood why, in a universe so vast, a god would care about something so trivial as worship or human destiny. Glen Cook
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He was talking about how religion is created by humans and can be perverted by human beings. He also said that there are forces in the world which are unpredictable. He also said that if people really want to understand the meaning of their lives, they should not depend on any religion, but rather search for the meaning themselves.

Source: The White Rose

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