Nietzsche’s studied theological recognition of “the death of God”, as well as Dostoyevsky’s Grand Inquisitor’s sinful benevolence to the many…, both acknowledge that average men and women cannot well live without God.
But the cloudy* life inside of which most “live and move and have their being” still keeps this unclear, and avoidable. As I saw again this past fall.
*etymologically “clouds” related to “clods”.
Stephen Lapeyrouse . . . Notes Dropped Along the Way 