If both religion and reason are removed, all that remains is will and power, where the only law is the law of tooth and claw.

如果宗教和理性都被世人所摒弃,那么世间就只剩下了权力和欲望,而这世间唯一准则就只剩下了弱肉强食

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By now, in our time, however, the power of religion has faded, and for many, the basis of modern political and moral order has been demolished.

但是现在,宗教的影响力慢慢减弱了,对大部分人来说,现代政治,道德准则的基础已经被毁坏了

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