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A. E. van Vogt on Fear

1912–2000 Canada

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Religion, you see, is not in its roots adoration of a god or a goddess. Religion is fear. Religion is the spark that issues forth when the thought of death or danger strikes the individual. It’s personal. It grows out of darkness and uncertainty.

The Book of Ptath (1947)

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