Sebastian Junger
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Well, that's not atheism, right?
Atheism is that I don't believe in God.
It's not claiming to be able to prove there is a God.
And you can't make yourself believe in something.
So if you want to tell me that gravity doesn't exist, I can't make myself believe that.
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 be—look.
Some people might, and some people need laws to not rob banks.