"Some people spend their entire lives devoted to a religion that claims to be the â€˜rightâ€™ religion... they often deny scientific evidence that contradicts their archaic holy books, they sometimes oppress those who disagree with them, and they always do what they do in the name of an unknowable deity... but sometimes, they wake up. Occasionally, they realize that all religions are man-made and that none of them are â€˜right.â€™ And when they do, they can live happy and fulfilling lives without dogma and without anticipating or fearing an afterlife."

Source : "The Cave" by Jose Saramago, tr. Margaret Jull Costa, Vintage, (p. 60), 2003.

You may also like: