Quote by Aldous Huxley

Jehovah, Allah, the Trinity, Jesus, Buddha, are names for a great variety of human virtues, human mystical experiences human remorses, human compensatory fantasies, human terrors, human cruelties. If all men were alike, all the world would worship the same God.

Jehovah, Allah, the Trinity, Jesus, Buddha, are names for a

Summary

This quote suggests that the variety of religious beliefs and the different names given to deities, such as Jehovah, Allah, the Trinity, Jesus, and Buddha, stem from diverse human experiences, emotions, and perspectives. It implies that these names represent various virtues, mystical experiences, regrets, fantasies, fears, and cruelties that are unique to different individuals and cultures. If everyone were the same, there would be a universal worship of a single God, but the inherent diversity of humanity leads to different conceptions and interpretations of the divine.

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By Aldous Huxley

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