Example of Bertrand Russell's huomur (The Pious)
"I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious-for instance, the nuns who never take a bath without wearing a bathrobe all the time. When asked why, since no man can see them, they reply: "Oh, but you forget the good God." Apparently they conceive of the Deity as a Peeping Tom, whose omnipotence enables Him to see through bathroom walls, but who is foiled by bathrobes.
This view strikes me as curious."
— Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1943)
No comments:
Post a Comment