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> [“Man had created God in his own image, not the other way around. He had done it through sheer terror, and who could blame him? Unfortunately he had made too good a job. The god he had invented was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/man-had-created-god-in-his-own-image-not-the-other-way-around-he-had/)

Richard Herley

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## More by Richard Herley

> [“Man had created God in his own image, not the other way around. He had done it through sheer terror, and who could blame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/man-had-created-god-in-his-own-image-not-the-other-way-around-he-had/)

Richard Herley

> [“He had never told her just what he thought of the value of prayer and all the rest of the self-deluding mumbo jumbo with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/he-had-never-told-her-just-what-he-thought-of-the-value-of-prayer-and/)

Richard Herley

> [“On the mainland he had always lived in the future, always looking forward to the completion of the project in hand. When he passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/on-the-mainland-he-had-always-lived-in-the-future-always-looking/)

Richard Herley

> [“If there was a God up there, which there wasn’t, why was it that he worked so hard to identify whatever thing a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-herley/if-there-was-a-god-up-there-which-there-wasn-t-why-was-it-that-he/)

Richard Herley

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