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The springs of action, as they are to be found in history and in the present day, are very largely such as demand defeat for others. There is love of power, there is rivalry, there is hate, and, I am afraid we must add, a positive pleasure in the spectacle of suffering. These passions are so strong that they have not only governed the behaviour of societies, but have caused hatred of those who spoke against them. When Christ told men that they should love each other, He produced such fury that the mob shouted, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!” Christians ever since have followed the mob rather than the Founder of their religion.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, 1954, part II: The Conflict of Passions, chapter 1: From Ethcs to Politics, n.2
More info.: https://russell-j.com/cool/47T-2_0102.htm
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いかなる宗教においても、宗教の創始者とその宗教を広める教団とはその性格を異にします。教団も組織の一つであり、組織は必ずといってよいほど、自己を維持するだけでなく、拡大させようと努力します。そうして組織の力が増すにつれ、その組織で権力を握る者は過信し、往々にして、腐敗していきます。宗教組織だけでなく、政党その他、大部分の組織において、それは運命であるかのように、同じ轍を踏んでいきます。
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