Posted by PWB on February 22, 1999 at 08:44:17:
In Reply to: Existance of a NON-god world posted by GodLess and still happy on February 22, 1999 at 03:57:21:
... here are a couple of quotes on the subject:
It is an insult to God to believe in God. For on the one hand it is to suppose that he has perpetrated acts of incalculable cruelty. On the other hand, it is to suppose that he has perversely given his human creatures an instrument— their intellect— which must inevitably lead them, if they are dispassionate and honest, to deny his existence. It is tempting to conclude that if he exists, it is the atheists and agnostics that he loves best, among those with any pretensions to education. For they are the ones who have taken him most seriously. (Galen Strawson (b. 1952), British philosopher, literary critic. Quoted in: Independent (London, 24 June 1990).)
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear. (Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, 10 Aug. 1787.)
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. (Woody Allen (b. 1935), U.S. filmmaker. “Selections from the Allen Notebooks,” in New Yorker (5 Nov. 1973).)