Word: langfeldt
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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Delegates ranged from dedicated atheists to questioning agnostics eager to cooperate with well-meaning Christians in building the good society, and they differed widely in their attitude toward religion. Norwegian Psychiatrist Gabriel Langfeldt argued that individuals would, in the future development of mankind, have to make a choice between religion and ethics: "Crediting ethics to supernaturally inspired messages and to revelations has led and still leads to brutal wars. Ethics, anchored as it is in purely human needs, will always win where religion and ethics come into conflict...