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By James Haught “Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, yet he will make gods by the dozen.” — Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), creator of the essay. But Montaigne spoke too modestly. Instead of dozens, the human imagination has created thousands — even tens of thousands — of gods. Hinduism’s ancient Sanskrit Vedas, written about 1200 BCE, declared… Read more »