François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his...
Is this Voltarian quote about the chains of fools an identifying statement of an Atheist towards the faithful or is it observation 'about' Atheists not being able to see the Goodness in God? The latter is a Platonic play and brings all sorts of perversion to the party.
Fear is far from ideal, so why evoke the God hypothesis? Focus on the Good; intensions are shared amongst the pious and skeptics alike. Pathways to prosperity begin and end with an adaptive and consilient approach to the problems we face as a society.
