Quote by Olive Schreiner

Now we have no God. We have had two: the old God that our fathers handed down to us, that we hated, and never liked; the new one that we made for ourselves, that we loved; but now he has flitted away from us, and we see what he was made of -- the shadow of our highest ideal, crowned and throned. Now we have no God.

Now we have no God. We have had two: the old God that our fa

Summary

This quote expresses the disillusionment with and rejection of both traditional religious beliefs and self-constructed ideologies. The speaker suggests that the old God, inherited from previous generations, was despised and the newly created one was cherished, yet both have proven hollow. The absence of God is now felt, as the perceived deity is revealed to be merely an idealized reflection of human aspirations, devoid of substance or divine significance. This succinctly captures a loss of faith and a recognition of the emptiness of former religious and self-made belief systems.

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Atheism

By Olive Schreiner

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