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Single Idea 19600

[catalogued under 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief]

Full Idea

Even when he turns from religion, man remains subject to it; depleting himself to create fake gods, he then feverishly adopts them: his need for fiction, for mythology triumphs over evidence and absurdity alike.

Gist of Idea

When man abandons religion, he then follows new fake gods and mythologies

Source

E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 1 'Genealogy')

Book Reference

Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.3


A Reaction

Cioran had just lived through the high water mark of communism and fascism. I don't think modern atheists fit this description very well.