"In our life as a civilized person in the industrial age, we are invaded by objects; how could an object have a "force" when it no longer has individuality?"

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An important advance in the life of a people is the transformation of the religion of fear into the moral religion. But one must avoid the prejudice that regards the religions of primitive peoples as pure fear religions and those of the civilized races as pure moral religions. All are mixed forms, though the moral element predominates in the higher levels of social life. Common to all these types is the anthropomorphic character of the idea of God.

— Albert Einstein