Explanation: Seems to have been a buzzword: "Thomas Morgan (d. 1743) continued Tindal's argument on its historical side in The Moral Philosopher (1737-40),displaying much originality in tracing the development of heathen religions, as well as of Judaism and Christianity. Abandoning the old method of deriving specific religions from priestly deception, he explains their rise through the gradual supplanting of the one God of the law of nature by a crowd of divinities connected with definite natural phenomena." At any rate, "Priestertrug" in the Enlightenment is bound up with "Fanatismus" and related concepts.
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Explanation: I feel this would convey some of the ideas crammed in "Priestertrug", i.e., deception coming from above, from highest authorities that should know better. For me, that is the heaviest kind of deception.
Explanation: Seems to have been a buzzword: "Thomas Morgan (d. 1743) continued Tindal's argument on its historical side in The Moral Philosopher (1737-40),displaying much originality in tracing the development of heathen religions, as well as of Judaism and Christianity. Abandoning the old method of deriving specific religions from priestly deception, he explains their rise through the gradual supplanting of the one God of the law of nature by a crowd of divinities connected with definite natural phenomena." At any rate, "Priestertrug" in the Enlightenment is bound up with "Fanatismus" and related concepts.
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Please forgive my delay in answering. I chose this answer not only because of the "agrees" but because I like its succinctness. Thanks again to all who answered... Michele
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