In the face of a catastrophe, we need to stop relying on an omnipotent god and figure out our duties. No human value is mysterious. You can feel it in your heart and have a clear awareness of it. Only those who don’t care for these values to be upheld will try to give them a mystic spin. The wholesale dealers of such mystified values—religion, religious institutions, leaders—are the ones who turn their backs on the struggle for human values.
