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“Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be.
Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...”
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Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...”
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“It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said.
She laughed. 'Really?'
The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no. It's just something we tell ourselves.”
― Against a Dark Background
She laughed. 'Really?'
The machine shrugged and let go of her hand. 'Oh, no. It's just something we tell ourselves.”
― Against a Dark Background

“Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.”
― The Thousandfold Thought
― The Thousandfold Thought

“In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulu waits dreaming”
― The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
― The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
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