A powerful statement in its own right, what Merz is explaining is the age-old historical debate on religion; man's innate desire to distinguish it as one or the other. If religion is a fantasy, then it is the greatest dream man has ever had. Religion, when juxtaposed to all human inventions, dwells above all others in the sheer magnitude of its complexity and significance. The idea of an individual that is actual, absolute, eternal, omniscent, omnipotent, and perfect in every manner that we are not is the conclusion of a masterpiece of human invention, if it is a fantasy. …
