If God Is, Man Is a Slave
If God is, man is a slave; now, man can and must be free; then, God does not exist.
from God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin
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The belief in one or more deities who relate to the world, often involving worship and theological doctrines.
If God is, man is a slave; now, man can and must be free; then, God does not exist.
from God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin
This is not to say that the new wave of philosophers necessarily wanted to deny the existence of the gods, rather that they merely refused to believe that it was divine meddling that was responsible for natural phenomena.
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh