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~Walter Kaufmann
“I need God …. I
reached out for
religion, I longed for
it, it was the remedy.
Had it been denied
me, I would have
invented it myself.”
~ Sigmund Freud
(The Future of an illusion, 52, 88). 1905-1980 Jean Paul Sartre
Evidence for the first premise that everyone needs God-
consider the following: Erich Fromm
If you place your bet with God, you lose nothing, even if
it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it
against God and you are wrong and God does not exist,
you lose everything; think about it: God, eternity &
heaven with those who did wager correctly. “Let us
assess the two cases: if you win, you win everything, if
you lose, you lose everything.”