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Развиртуализовались с birdwatcher'ом за чашкой кофе в Интеллигенции. Очень хорошо поговорили.

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From Susan Neiman, Evil in Modern Thought:

The Natural History [of Religion] shocked readers by depicting Christianity as merely one religious alternative among others. Hume had compared the moral effects of monotheism and polytheism and concluded that the latter was healthier. It promoted tolerance rather than fanaticism, gallant virtues like courage and activity rather than monkish virtues like humility and passivity. Hume argued that the very similarity of pagan gods to humans is itself an advantage. Where the gods are viewed as only somewhat superior to frail mortals, they can function as role models. Imitatio Dei is easier when the object is closer to hand. Even the sins ascribed to pagan gods are worthier of imitation than those with which monotheism must cope. What are lust and adultery next to the cruelty and vengeance ascrbied to the Christian god of love?

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