The Gentleman Atheist

Ottens, John

“I will confess,” he said with a breath, “that hearing this fuzzy, imprecise sort of speech always fills me with impatience and fury.


We made God to be like us. The greatest of mysteries is more divine even than God.”


God simply does not exist in any wise.


“God speaks to us in human speech, not because God may be reduced to fit into human categories, but because we, the recipients of the message, can understand nothing else.


“You may say you believe in God, don’t you see? In fact, you can hardly avoid it. What is best, good Atheist, according to you? Is it science?