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There is No God & Penn Jillette | This I Believe

JIR rated 7 months agoFeatured Review
From the page: "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?... more
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Grays42 rated 10 days agoatheist
A fantastic article by a prominent atheist.
poetofcode rated 5 months agoatheist
How the argument for atheism should be told. Well said that man. Penn Jillette is epic.
vickey666 rated 5 months agoatheist
I LOVE Penn.
JIR rated 7 months agoatheist
From the page: "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? So, anyone with a love for truth outside of herself has to start with no belief in God and then look for evidence of God. She needs to search for some objective evidence of a supernatural power. All the people I write e-mails to often are still stuck at this searching stage. The atheism part is easy." I congratulate the writer (Penn Jillette) on his theology. I think the Buddha himself said: "It's up to you to find out if there are gods." Thank you Humbaba.
Humbaba reviewed 7 months agoatheist
Do not worry about the existance or nonexsistance of a "creator".A well substantained opinion may be beyond the capabilities of most of us(yet).It may be wise to try to understand how the universe and its laws are working to lead a happy life.Or in plain words:Try do do the right thing.You know how.Awareness is everything.
vartek rated 8 months agophilosophy, atheist-agnostic, god
Oh yes there is! Oh no there isn't!
rakesh-manmohan rated 9 months agoatheist
Wisdom, not diminished by it's common sense and simplicity.
Ertt rated 10 months agoatheist
From the page: "I don't travel in circles where people say, "I have faith, I believe this in my heart and nothing you can say or do can shake my faith." That's just a long-winded religious way to say, "shut up," or another two words that the FCC likes less. But all obscenity is less insulting than, "How I was brought up and my imaginary friend means more to me than anything you can ever say or do." So, believing there is no God lets me be proven wrong and that's always fun. It means I'm learning something."
edgeoforever rated 10 months agoatheist
I am an atheist. Just loathe Penn Jillette.
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