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ZIZ009 Why Only an Atheist Can Believe (10.11.2006)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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The Paradox of Fundamentalism

The death of Christ on the cross means something very radical. It means in all other religions, we trust God. We believe in God. The death of Christ means God trusted us. I claim that what the ultimate lesson of when I spoke about how we shouldn't play this game is that God is the good father up there who somehow manipulates things. And you can trust him. He'll turn out well and so on. So if you want to be Christian, be really a Christian.

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