I have one in my pocket here from the first century BCE by Lucretius, the author of \"On the Nature of Things,\" who said, \"Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum\" -- I should have been able to learn that by heart — which is, that's how much religion is able to persuade people to do evil, and he was talking about the fact of Agamemnon's decision to place his daughter Iphigenia on an altar of sacrifice in order to preserve the prospects of his army.
Di dalam kantung saya sekarang ini ada kutipan dari Lucretius dari abad kesatu S.M., yang menulis \"On the Nature of Things\": \"Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum\" -- seharusnya saya sudah hafal kata-kata ini -- yang berarti, sampai sejauh inilah agama mampu memanipulasi orang untuk melakukan kejahatan, dan beliau berbicara mengenai fakta bahwa Agamemnon mengorbankan putrinya, Iphigenia, di atas altar, agar tentaranya sukses di dalam perang.