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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Another quote from the 1960s

I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita…"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Topic
Nuclear weapons
Speaker
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Source
The Decison to Drop the Bomb
Medium
Film
Genre
Documentary (film)
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Quoted in NBC White Paper: The Decision to Drop the Bomb. Narrated by Chet Huntley, directed by Fred Freed and Len Giovannitti, written by Fred Freed, 5 Jan. 1965, NBC.

Another quote about God

"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Topic
Death of God Existence of God God Decline of religion

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Parable of the Madman The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 125.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 125.