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I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

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A. S. Byatt
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 24
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Sheffield
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Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
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