Who wrote in 1770 "If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him"?
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Voltaire. It is interesting that atheism often claims him, but he seemed to believe in God, though their relationship was quite distant. He made a comment that God and he tipped hats as they passed each other.
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Voltaire???
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Voltaire said that. He was often thought of as an atheist but he did participate in some religious activities during his life.
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Yes, Voltaire, though often thought an atheist, did in fact partake in religious activities and even erected a chapel on his estate at Ferney. The chief source for the misconception is a line from one of his poems (called "Epistle to the author of the book, The Three Impostors") that translates to: "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." The full body of the work, however, reveals his criticism was more focused towards the actions of organized religion, rather than with the concept of religion itself.
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Voltaire was a deist and secularist,he criticized organized religions rather than the concept of religion itself, he affirms his deist beliefs in his words "I cannot imagine a clock without a clockmaker"
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