• Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty. Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.

    Bertrand Russell: Cruel men believe in a cruel god and use their belief to excuse their cruelty.  Only kindly men believe in a kindly god, and they would be kindly in any case.
    Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.88, Psychology Press