One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

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The last two sentences paraphrase a comment by Émile Cammaerts on a story by G. K. Chesterton: "When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything."

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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

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