Because
here’s something else that’s true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life,
there is actually no such thing as atheism.
*
atheism [|eɪθiɪzəm]: 무신론
And
an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to
worship – be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the
Four Nobel Truths or some infrangible
set of ethical principles – is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.
* infrangible:
침범해서는 안 되는
* eat someone alive: to completely
overwhelm or defeat someone
ex>
Don’t even think of challenging Darla to a game of chess: she’ll eat you
alive!
The
trick is keeping the truth up-front
in daily consciousness. Worship power – you will feel weak and afraid, and you
will need ever more power over others to keep
the fear at bay. Worship your
intellect, being seen as smart – you will end
up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being
found out. And so on.
* up-front: information that is not
hidden; initial payment
ex>
The clerk was up-front with us about the costs of shipping the bicycle.
ex>
We needed $500 up-front to enter the tournament.
* keep something at bay: to prevent
something from coming near or causing harm
ex>
We always travel with some insect netting to keep mosquitos at bay.
* end up: to arrive at a certain place or
situation, especially at the end of a journey
ex>
If you don’t improve your habits, you could end up losing your license.
* on the verge of: to be at the point of
almost doing something
= on
the brink of; on the edge of; on the point of
ex>
She was on the verge of giving up when the drawbridge began to slowly
open.
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