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[philosophy] October 12, 2002 at 6:22:06 PM CEST Is there a God? The Onion A.V. Club asked and many VIPs answered. My favourite responses: John Leguizamo: Yeah, but there's not just one God. There's a whole lot of gods, because one God couldn't have possibly made so many mistakes all by Himself. This had to be done by committee.
Laurie Anderson: Yes. O: Do you want to elaborate on that? LA: Well, okay, at the risk of being completely corny, it exists as a potential in every single person. That's what attracts me to Buddhism, because it's the only belief system in which there is no God at all. There is no big authority figure; there is no ultimate anything. You are God. And that's really terrifying. Suddenly, you realize, "Oh my God, that means I'm responsible, and there's nobody to grovel in front of, no one to blame, and no one to praise. I need to do this myself." That's almost more than anybody can take, but that's what I admire about Buddhism.
Herschell Gordon Lewis: Is there a God? I don't think that's for me to determine.
Clive Barker: There is an organizing force to the universe, but I don't believe it has a gender.
William Shatner: There is, but we don't know where. Or who. And, indeed, why.
My favourite answer of all time has always been the one by Bertolt Brecht in his brilliantly to the point Geschichten vom Herrn Keuner (Stories of Mr Keuner): The question if there is a God
Someone asked Mr K. whether there was a God. Mr K. said: "I advise you to reflect whether your behaviour would change depending on the answer to this question. In case it wouldn't change we can drop the question. If it would change I can help you in that way that I say that you have decided already: You need a God." (my translation)
By the way long before Brecht Nietzsche wrote something very similar but less mysterious in the second volume of Menschliches, Allzumenschliches (Human, all too human), aphorism 225 in a free translation by me: Belief makes happy and condemns - A christ following unauthorized trains of thoughts could ask one day: is it really necessary that a God plus deputizing scapegoat exists if the belief in the existence of these entities suffices to produce the same effects?
P.S. There is a very active profound discussion on this big question going on at kuro5hin: Is there a God? Introduction: This article presents a philosophical framework for discussing the nature and existence of God.
There is a brief discussion of epistemology (the philosophy of knowledge), a review of the classical arguments for the existence of God, then a section on the so-called "problem of evil", the question of why God would permit suffering caused by either human nature or natural events. The attached poll will decide, once and for all, the nature and existence of God. Join the ultimate debate now!
andrewducker,
October 13, 2002 at 5:56:45 PM CEST
Re: Is there a God? Cheers. I've thusly stolen your translation for my livejournal. Keep up the good work. ... link ... comment |
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