Wow. The most concise, profound thing I’ve read about religion, and from Penn Jillette no less. He sums up my thoughts perfectly.
“Believing there is no God means the suffering I’ve seen in my family, and indeed all the suffering in the world, isn’t caused by an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent force that isn’t bothered to help or is just testing us, but rather something we all may be able to help others with in the future. No God means the possibility of less suffering in the future.”
Compare that essay to the flowery language and turgid circular logic that those who “believe” use to defend their religion. (I mean, come on—this is not a creative writing class.)
