The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires a considerable degree of free time, health, and an outlook of confident positivism. Thus, the religious authorities work hard to make and keep people feeling sinful, unworthy, and unhappy.


The Making of the Messiah: Christianity and Resentment (ed. 1991)

Robert Sheaffer Quotes

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires...

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires...

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires...

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires...