Sam Harris

God does not exist because the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts.

God plus the Universe is greater than God.

If there is something greater than God, then God is no longer God.

If God ever existed, he ceased to exist when the Universe came into being.

God does not exist because the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts.

If God ever existed, he ceased to exist when the Universe came into being.

I thought we were trying to stay rational on this thread.  I guess I was wrong…

I don’t remember signing an agreement to stay rational.
That would be so boring!
And so far from the truth. For me the truth about God is that when I see how I can both exist and not exist, I don’t need to paste any names on that alive and mysterious space. When I think I’m a tangible ‘me’, I need to cook up all kinds of grandiose ideas - God, Enlightenment, Nontheism, Science - you name it.  Watch out for those capital letters!