Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped.
De fleste andre samfund har som noget centralt tilbedt noget trancendent. En gud, en ånd, en naturkraft, universet. Lige meget hvad det er, er det ikke mennesket, der tilbedes.