Human beings are religious. We don't all have to be, any more than we all have to be musical, or athletic, or humorous; but as long as there are human beings, there will be religion to offer warmth to those who can believe its stories and its metaphysics, while those who can't will be left with a paler, colder flame.


We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism (2009)

John Derbyshire Quotes

Human beings are religious. We don't all have to be, any more than we all have to be musical, or athletic, or humorous; but as long as there are...

Human beings are religious. We don't all have to be, any more than we all have to be musical, or athletic, or humorous; but as long as there are...

Human beings are religious. We don't all have to be, any more than we all have to be musical, or athletic, or humorous; but as long as there are...

Human beings are religious. We don't all have to be, any more than we all have to be musical, or athletic, or humorous; but as long as there are...