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/ "The analogy between the God of popular Roman Catholicism and a cruel Caesar  \
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| is striking: one must serve him in every way and praise him all but           |
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| continually; those who displease him are given over to eternal torture; he    |
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| cannot be approached directly even with petitions; the best procedure is to   |
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| ask somebody who has found favor-a saint, and a particular one depending on   |
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| the nature of one's case-to intercede with the mother of his son, in the hope |
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| that she may take up the matter with her son, and the son with the father."   |
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\ [Walter Kaufmann, "Critique of Religion and Philosophy"]                      /
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