Brave New World

Does Mustapha Mond believe in God? Explain his beliefs. According to Mond, how were they able to take questions about God out of people’s consciousness?

chapter 17 in brave new world

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This chapter makes clear that Mond considers religion to be the most destabilizing force in society. Mond does not deny the power that religion had in the past world and even claims that he believes in a god. However, he also claims that God has become irrelevant in modern society and now only manifests himself through absence. Huxley presents a strand of existential philosophy that maintains that God's non-existence created a world in which humanity could only find meaning through its own existence. Mond’s society has strictly controlled the parameters of this existence, leaving no room for a god.

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