Summarize both sides of the debate that Mond and John have regarding God.

Mond explains that since society eradicated the fear of death and since science keeps everyone youthful until death, religion is unnecessary. He reads to John passages from The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis and from a work by Cardinal John H. Newman in order to demonstrate this previous society dependence on God, which he claims is no longer necessary.

Mond also points out people only believe in God when their conditioning suggests it. The Savage argues instead that solitude would lead people to visualize a god instinctively, but since society has removed solitude, people cannot contemplate the world on their own terms. John complains that society prevents people from discovering truth for themselves.

Mond tells John that religion is unnecessary now because technology keeps people young and society has erased the fear of death. He reads old religious texts to show how people used to rely on God. John argues that society doesn't let people think for themselves, so they can't decide about God on their own.