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Eric Idle on Terry Jones, Brian Cox, religion and The Entire Universe
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-26/eric-idle-on-terry-jones-brian-cox-religion-and-the-entire-universe...Is there, I ask, a God who made this all happen?
Idle is emphatic. “No, don’t be stupid. That’s insane. You don’t have to invent anything new to explain what you’re understanding.”
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So why do so many people think God answers their questions about the universe?
“Because they need a father. They’re insecure and they want somebody to look after them.” He says that religion “is more human than it is divine. I think man created God in his own image.”
Idle is emphatic. “No, don’t be stupid. That’s insane. You don’t have to invent anything new to explain what you’re understanding.”
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So why do so many people think God answers their questions about the universe?
“Because they need a father. They’re insecure and they want somebody to look after them.” He says that religion “is more human than it is divine. I think man created God in his own image.”
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