| | For the most part -- you either believe in life or you believe in "god." Not both. You believe in reality or you believe in god -- not both. You believe in yourself or you believe in god -- not both. You believe in your own pleasure and happiness or you believe in god -- not both.
"God" is the great slayer of all hopes, dreams, art, poetry, romance, love, vivacity, dynamism, heroism -- and every millimeter of true spirituality. God is the utter murderer of the transcendent and the sublime.
If there really is a god up there somewhere -- which isn't very likely -- rest assured that he really hates it when you believe in him and follow him. He's currently hiding out quite deftly and efficaciously, and he does not want your faith and loyalty. He wants you to believe in, live for, and adhere to, everything delineated above. If you don't -- god may see to it that you burn in hell, as such traitors probably deserve.
(Edited by Andre Zantonavitch on 10/26, 7:31pm)
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“If I ask people whether they believe in life, they never understand what I mean. It's a bad question. It can mean so much that it really means nothing. So I ask them if they believe in God. And if they say they do, then I know they don't believe in life. Why? God — whatever anyone chooses to call God — is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life. It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own.”
