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Some people feel that, in order to do justice to the evil in the world, it is necessary for a religion to have a God that shows some concern about it, rather than merely teaching that it's all illusion. Christianity teaches that God cared enough about pain and suffering in the world to come down and do something about it himself, and teaches that Christians also need to work to alleviate suffering in the world. I don't mean to deny that Christians are often very bad at this, but they are often also very good. For every Torquemada, there's also a Martin Luther King Jr.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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