Existence of God

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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.

Woody Allen

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Existence of God God

Author

Woody Allen

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Allen, Woody. "Selections from the Allen Notebooks." New Yorker, 5 Nov. 1973.

If ignorance of nature gave birth to the Gods, knowledge of nature is destined to destroy them.

Baron d'Holbach

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Existence of God Science and religion

Author

Baron d'Holbach

Source

The System of Nature

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

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Citation

D'Holbach, Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron [published as Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud]. Systeme de la Nature ou Des Loix due Mond Physique et du Monde Moral [The System of Nature or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World]. 1770, pt. 2, ch. 1.

It isn't just that I don't believe in God... It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that.

Thomas Nagel

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Belief in God Existence of God

Author

Thomas Nagel

Source

The Last Word

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Nagel, Thomas. The Last Word. Oxford University Press, 1997, ch. 7.

Between "God exists" and "There is no God" lies a whole enormous field which a true sage has great difficulty in crossing. But a Russian knows only one of these two extremes and the middle between them doesn't interest him, which is why he knows nothing or very little... A good man's indifference is as good as any religion.

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Existence of God God

Author

Anton Chekhov

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Russian

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Diary entry. c. 1885.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. The Notebooks of Anton Chekhov and Reminiscences of Chekhov, translated by S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf. University Press of the Pacific, 2002.