 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious - for instance, the nuns who never take a bath without wearing a bathrobe all the time. When asked why, since no man can see them, they reply: "Oh, but you forget the good God." Apparently they conceive of the Deity as a Peeping Tom, whose omnipotence enables Him to see through bathroom walls, but who is foiled by bathrobes. This view strikes me as curious.
Source: An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish, 1943, by Bertrand Russell
Reprinted in : Unpopular Essays, 1950
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