"Nearly two hundred year's experience of the moral failings of this humanity-turned-divinity have been enough to convince most that it is a failed experiment. While some continue to argue that Auschwitz disproves the existence of God, many more would argue that it demonstrates the depths to which humanity, unrestrained by any thought or fear of God, will sink. There are many today who affirm a belief in humanity in preference to a belief in God. Yet this humanity has been responsible for a series of moral, social and political catastrophes, some inspired by a belief in God, others by a belief that God must be eliminated, by all means and at all costs. The common denominator here is humanity, not divinity.
"For some, the existence of God is called into question by suffering; for others, however, the presence of a God who suffers alongside humanity is a lifeline, without which they would sink into despair."
-- The
Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World, Alister
McGrath, 2004, p. 184.
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