This I Believe There Is No God PENN JILLETTE

[multigraincracker]

From NPR.

I believe that there is no God. I'm beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy — you can't prove a negative, so there's no work to do. You can't prove that there isn't an elephant inside the trunk of my car. You sure? How about now? Maybe he was just hiding before. Check again. Did I mention that my personal heartfelt definition of the word "elephant" includes mystery, order, goodness, love and a spare tire?

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/21/5015557/there-is-no-god

[Croney]

1. Sounds right to me.

[vlyons]

2. God is a concept, fabricated in the minds of humans

That's why there's so many different versions of God.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

3. Yup!

[RFCalifornia]

13. God is our reaction to the realization that we all die nt

[Auggie]

4. My preference is to say "I listen to science"

It's arguable (and has already been posted in this very forum) that to say "I believe there is no God" or "I am a non-believer" is to accept that a "god" or "religious belief" qualifies as an alternative or default position.

[multigraincracker]

5. The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.

Pretty much my Credo.

[Warpy]

6. Mine is to say I'll believe in any god who actually turns up

but none ever did, not even when I was doing acid in the 60s. You'd think at least one would have had the decency to make an appearance, but no.

[Auggie]

8. LOL

[RussBLib]

7. so simple

and so hard for so many to accept

My mind wanders to all the wasted efforts and wasted lives in an attempt to "please" god. Monumental waste.

[Iggo]

9. No god is there.

Or right there.

Or over here.

Or behind this.

Or under that.

Or...

You get the picture.

[Towlie]

10. I can prove that God doesn't exist to anyone who can prove to me that Godzilla doesn't exist.

 
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The ability to prove something to someone depends upon that person's standard of proof, and there are some to whom you can't prove water is wet.

But if I encounter someone who can prove to me, to their own satisfaction, that Godzilla doesn't exist, then I'll make good on my promise. Otherwise I'll stick with maintaining that there's no reason to believe that God exists (or that gods exist), just like there's no reason to believe Godzilla exists.

[multigraincracker]

11. Culture...

My tribe, the one I was born into believe it. Well, there you go.

[endinequalitynow]

12. Penn is always a great commentator.

Penn Jillette is a genius - the James Randi of our generation. His observations are always dead-on.