
„Für mich gehört der Glaube zu den Grundlagen und Grundfesten des Lebens eines Menschen.“
Spiegel Nr.30/2007 vom 23. Juli 2007, S. 102
If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words.
I. Asimov: A Memoir (1994)
Kontext: If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul.
I would also want a God who would not allow a Hell. Infinite torture can only be a punishment for infinite evil, and I don't believe that infinite evil can be said to exist even in the case of Hitler. Besides, if most human governments are civilized enough to try to eliminate torture and outlaw cruel and unusual punishments, can we expect anything less of an all-merciful God?
I feel that if there were an afterlife, punishment for evil would be reasonable and of a fixed term. And I feel that the longest and worst punishment should be reserved for those who slandered God by inventing Hell.
„Für mich gehört der Glaube zu den Grundlagen und Grundfesten des Lebens eines Menschen.“
Spiegel Nr.30/2007 vom 23. Juli 2007, S. 102
„Atheist: Mensch, der ohne Gott glaubt“
Zitat aus:
Stefan M. Gergely: Sprach:Bilder. Gedanken, Gedichte, Fotos.
Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz: Weitra 2020, ISBN 978-3-99028-936-5, S. 17
„Die Retter Gottes feiern das Leben in der Welt.“
„Für dich bin ich Atheist. Für Gott die treue Opposition.“
„Wenn es keinen Gott gäbe, gäbe es keine Atheisten!“
„Welchen Gott meint ein Atheist, wenn er sagt: „Gott sei Dank“?“
„Wer Gott definiert, ist schon Atheist.“
Gedanken; von der Religion
„Für Sie mag ich ein Atheist sein, doch für Gott bin ich die loyale Opposition.“