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three stages
In his book, ''Introduction to Christianity'', [[Pope Benedict XVI]] quotes Kierkegaard's parable of the clown that was not taken seriously while the world burned, and interprets the story as saying that theologians are the clowns are that are not taken seriously in today's world.
In his book, ''Introduction to Christianity'', [[Pope Benedict XVI]] quotes Kierkegaard's parable of the clown that was not taken seriously while the world burned, and interprets the story as saying that theologians are the clowns are that are not taken seriously in today's world.
==Views on existentialism==
Kierkegaard saw humankind as needing to return to God through three stages:
#"aesthetic existence"
#"ethical existence"
#"religious existence"
== See also ==
== See also ==