Hari Kunzru - There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to compr...

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There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.

Hari Kunzru

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es gibt Dinge in unserer Welt, die beinahe von Natur aus unserer Fähigkeit widersprechen, sie zu verstehen. Einige Leute benutzen ein religiöses Register, um damit umzugehen - sie nennen es Gott und das ist eine Art Domestikation.

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