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02/01/06 09:40 - ID#24163
God
Regarding the whole God/religion issue that has been discussed a lot here lately, here is an interesting piece on NPR that I heard a few months ago by Penn Jillette (the tall one in Penn and Teller) on his belief that there is no God. 
It is interesting not in that it has some deep philosophical insight, but in how this belief that there is no God informs his approach to life.
It is interesting not in that it has some deep philosophical insight, but in how this belief that there is no God informs his approach to life.
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Nice link, Jesse.
I have no problem with anybody who believes in God (or Goddess or FSM); I only have a problem with them trying to force me to conform to some of their beliefs. And if their beliefs are contrary to basic human rights (equality, freedom from persecution, etc.) then those beliefs are wrong.
I kinda get what he is saying: that he is living (and reflecting on) his own expecations and standards of life. Oddly, it made me think of a book that I am reading, "What God Wants" by Neale Donald Walsch. He is part of a grassroots movement to form a new spirituality. Very interesting read so far, not what the title suggests at all. Some people would not be able to fathom the ideas (and truths?) this book suggests. But yeh, there are some parallels between the info in the book and what Penn is talking about in his essay.