God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.

Amiri Baraka

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Topic

Decline of religion Death of God God Disenchanted world

Author

Amiri Baraka

Source

What Does Nonviolence Mean?

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Baraka, Amiri (aka Imamu Amiri Baraka). "What Does Non-Violence Mean?" Midstream. Dec. 1963, vol. IX, no. 4.

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I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic
Vietnam War
Speaker
Muhammad Ali
Medium
Press conference
Language
English
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote about God

If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own.

Xenophanes

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Topic
Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

Author

Xenophanes
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, DK21 B15.