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Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity of saying that the universe just happened to happen and

Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic un-interestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity of saying that the universe just happened to happen and that when we're dead we're dead?

John Updike
Atheist, Humanity, Intellectual
John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.141, Random House

Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position.

John Updike
Atheist, Intellectual, Atheism
John Updike (2012). “Self-Consciousness: Memoirs”, p.138, Random House

The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible, like a saint's self-flagellation viewed by an atheist.

John Updike
Atheist, Believe, Men
John Updike (1977). “Picked-up Pieces”, Fawcett

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