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December 22, 2005

Penn Jillette: There Is No God

On NPR, Penn Jillette has a spoken essay titled “There Is No God.”

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?

There’s no flying spaghetti monster, either.

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