This I Believe

Penn Gillette

I believe that there is no God. I'm beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God. Not believing in God is easy -- you can't prove a negative, so there's no work to do. You can't prove that there isn't an elephant inside the trunk of my car. You sure? How about now? Maybe he was just hiding before. Check again. Did I mention that my personal heartfelt definition of the word ''elephant'' includes mystery, order, goodness, love and a spare tire? Listen or Read

i was recently asked the question of the influence or success of a confrontational and perhaps tactless approach to my ideals. here's an amusing video when dawkins was asked the same thing.

Science of the Soul? ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’ Is Losing Force

By CORNELIA DEAN

Published: June 26, 2007
NEW YORK TIMES

In 1950, in a letter to bishops, Pope Pius XII took up the issue of evolution. The Roman Catholic Church does not necessarily object to the study of evolution as far as it relates to physical traits, he wrote in the encyclical, Humani Generis. But he added, “Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God.”... more