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...superstition dismounts all these [sense, philosophy, natural piety], and erecteth an absolute monarchy, in the minds of men.
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What we seek is the abolition of the artificial, privileged, lawful, and official influence. If the Church and State were private institutions, we should be, even then, I suppose their opponents. We should not have protested against their right to exist. True, in a sense, they are, today, private institutions, as they exit exclusively to conserve the interests of the privileged classes. Still, we oppose them, because they use all the power of the masses to force their rule upon the latter in an authoritarian, official, and brutal manner.
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...the early Christians were lucky enough not to have churchwardens.
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Does Heaven speak? The four seasons pursue their courses, and all things are continually being produced, but does Heaven say anything?
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It was found necessary, for the benefit of the social order, to convert religion into a police force.
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...religion, politics, Church and State, the theoretical expression of practical egoism were criticized and it was thought that the world could be reformed in this manner, without realizing that this would be just as fruitless as a doctor wanting to cure a disease by suppressing its external symptoms. Perverted consciousness and its manifestations, Church and State, are nothing but the symptoms of a perverted life – the picture of a real body which will not change just because a different and more beautiful picture is made of it.
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...in almost every sect of religion there are priests to be found: But the stronger mixture there is of superstition, the higher is the authority of the priesthood.
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Organized religion is indeed one of the pillars of capitalist social relationships. It embodies similar hierarchical and authoritarian features as the state and the corporation, and its ideology and institutions are just as antithetical to the individual's quest for freedom and equality.
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...the most prevailing usurpers over mankind [are] superstition and tyranny...
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Any institution disposing of the immense power and wealth enjoyed over the centuries by the Church could not but tempt ambitious men into political intrigue, corruption and militancy.
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And when men have been so befooled that they believe that God hangs in the corner, or sits in a morsel of pap which the priest gives out in a spoon; that to kiss a board or some relic and put candles in front of them, is useful for life here and hereafter-they are next called on to enter the military service, where they are humbugged to any extent; being first made to swear on the Gospel (in which swearing is prohibited) that they will do just what is forbidden in those Gospels, and then taught that to kill people at the word of those in command is not a sin, but that to refuse to obey those in command is a sin.
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Do not go about worshiping deities and religious institutions as the source of the subtle truth. To do so is to place intermediaries between yourself and the divine, and to make of yourself a beggar who looks outside for a treasure that is hidden inside his own breast.
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It was explained to me that an aged priest, who has been appointed Pope by other priests, cannot find either the time or the will to relieve your misery. He can only think of living.
Chronology :
April 13, 2020 : Authority -- Added.
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