Project Gutenberg 2012-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 90 Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d' 1723 1789 D'Holbach, Baron De la cruauté religieuse Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "De la cruauté religieuse" by Paul Henri Thiry Holbach is a philosophical treatise written in the early 19th century. The work examines the nature of religious cruelty, exploring how human ideas and behaviors are often reflected in the deities people worship. Holbach argues that the cruelties attributed to gods and the violent practices in religious traditions stem from human cruelty itself, which is projected onto divine figures. The opening of the treatise sets the stage for the author's exploration of religious cruelty through a systematic examination. Holbach begins by analyzing the qualities attributed to deities, suggesting that humans often ascribe their own negative traits—such as tyranny and vindictiveness—onto the gods they worship. He critiques how these misconceptions lead to self-inflicted suffering among adherents, including ascetic practices and harmful rituals, and he highlights the tragic consequences of sacrificing animals and even humans as part of misguided religious devotion. This critical perspective challenges readers to reassess their understanding of divinity, morality, and the resulting human behaviors shaped by religion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41336/41336-h/images/cover.jpg fr Christianity -- Controversial literature Church and state Cruelty Future punishment BL Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 330129 330138 2024-09-17T10:57:56.613700 2023-09-18T05:59:15.357882 text/html text/html 319411 2012-11-19T10:57:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 209467 2012-11-19T10:58:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 247081 2024-09-17T10:58:00.869684 application/epub+zip 253977 2024-09-17T10:57:57.290698 application/epub+zip 193088 2024-09-17T10:57:56.931728 application/epub+zip 347699 2024-09-17T10:58:03.944650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326752 2024-09-17T10:58:00.540693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269478 2022-09-18T20:14:52.673183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303984 303779 2024-09-17T10:57:56.170695 2023-09-18T05:59:14.959887 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 295965 2012-11-19T10:56:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110805 2012-11-19T10:58:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19337 2024-09-17T10:58:04.084651 application/rdf+xml 10319 2024-09-17T10:57:57.026693 image/jpeg 2384 2024-09-17T10:57:56.978687 image/jpeg 215819 2024-09-17T10:57:56.648688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia