Sebastian Junger
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I can't make myself believe God exists anymore.
Contrary, you know, despite the complete lack of evidence that he does or she does, whatever, like, I can't force that belief in myself, even if I wanted to.
But I would never, ever say, oh, there is no God.
I would never assert that, right?
And I wouldn't even say I'm agnostic.
Like, I don't know one way or the other.
I wouldn't even say that.
I would say I don't believe in God.
I don't run my life according to a belief in God.
Well, he's exhorting people towards moral behavior, which is totally fine.
But you don't need God to beβlook.
Some people might, and some people need laws to not rob banks.
Well, so then what I would say is because as soon as you say God, it presents some logical problems.
I would say live your life as if you believe in a universal unity, a colossal unity of all things.
And that's a silly β I mean I was β so a guy raised his hand at one talk and he was quite incensed and that I was β still said I was an atheist, right?
And he said, you know, you were, he was quite, you know, he came right at me, right?