“God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence; but the world shows no indications of such a benevolent and holy Providence. This earth appears to be a hell, or at best a planet condemned -- a sort of purgatory: it is filled with violence, tyranny and injustice, and yet God, if he exist, is absolute sovereign, and has willed that things should be as they are! -- Therefore there is no God.” IfsWorldShouldSelfGodShowsEarthHellAliveViolencePlanetsHolyConsciousAll ThingsAbsolutesFilledInjusticeTyrannyProvidenceSovereignSelf ConsciousIndicationThere Is No GodBenevolentPurgatory Author:William Batchelder Greene
“Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral.” WaySufferingChoicesDecisionHappeningsEthicsAbsolutesInjusticeStartingCertaintyDo The BestAbsolute CertaintyLife Decision Author:Richard Stallman
“I now believe that evolution, or deevolution, never ends short of death, that no society has ever achieved an absolute pinnacle, that all humans are not created equal. In fact, I believe attempts to create some abstract equalization create a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers. Equal justice and equal opportunity are ideals we should seek, but we should recognize that humans administer the ideals and that humans do not have equal ability.” ShouldBelieveHumansEndsFactsOpportunityI BelieveJusticeAbilityEvolutionEqualIdealsAbsolutesInjusticeAbstractEqual OpportunityPinnacleReboundEqualizerEqual Justice Author:Frank Herbert
“Injustice in this world is not something comparative; the wrong is deep, clear, and absolute in each private fate.” WorldJusticeClearFateThis WorldAbsolutesInjustice Book:The Life of Reason: Human Understanding Source: The Life of Reason: Human Understanding