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Iain Banks on Religion

1954–2013 Scotland

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Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present.

The State of the Art (1991)

Maybe it wasn’t anything remotely to do with religion, mysticism or metaphilosophy after all; maybe it was more banal; maybe it was just...accounting.

Excession (1996)

“These people have successfully incorporated a belief in your martial prowess into their religion; how can you deny them?”
“Believe me, it would be easy.”

Use of Weapons (1990)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Iain Banks (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.