"God is the Creator, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, God Jupiter, God is Christ. All these are nonsense that we reject, we cannot but reject these absurd representations. And we do not think that the notion of God, the spiritual principle of all that exists, is such a great and indispensable notion, that we could not have arrived at with the mind, if it had not been revealed to people gradually through the thinking of the most great sages of the world. This is a giant leap for mankind, and we imagine that with radio, airplanes, electricity, we can do without it. Yes, we can, but only as animals, not as humans, as we already live in our New Yorks, Londons and Pariss with 30-storey blocks of flats.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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God is the Creator, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, God Jupiter, God is Christ. All these are nonsense that we reject, we cannot but reject these absurd representations. And we do not think that the notion of God, the spiritual principle of all that exists, is such a great and indispensable notion, that we could not have arrived at with the mind, if it had not been revealed to people gradually through the thinking of the most great sages of the world. This is a giant leap for mankind, and we imagine that with radio, airplanes, electricity, we can do without it. Yes, we can, but only as animals, not as humans, as we already live in our New Yorks, Londons and Pariss with 30-storey blocks of flats.
""Dumnezeu este Creatorul, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Zeul Jupiter, Dumnezeu este Hristos. Toate astea sunt inepții pe care le refuzăm, nu putem să nu refuzăm aceste reprezentări absurde. Și nu ne gândim că noțiunea de Dumnezeu, de principiu spiritual a toate câte există, e o noțiune atât de măreață și de indispensabilă, la care n-am fi putut ajunge cu mintea, dacă n-ar fi fost dezvăluită oamenilor treptat prin cugetarea celor mai mari înțelepți ai lumii. Acesta este un pas uriaș al omenirii, iar noi ne închipuim că, având radioul, aeroplanele, electricitatea, putem să ne descurcăm fără el. Da, putem, dar numai ca animale, nu ca oameni, așa cum și trăim deja în New York-urile, Londrele și Parisurile noastre cu blocuri de 30 de etaje."