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不可知论无神论
Agnosticism Atheism
I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.
我在不可知论和无神论之间摇摆不定。
I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.
我总是喜欢狗，只要它不是倒着拼写的。
When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.
当人们毁灭他们的旧神时，他们会找到新的神来代替他们。
There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
当人们在天上崇拜暴君的时候，地球上就不会有什么自由了。
As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist.
至于诸神，我既不知道它们存在，也不知道它们不存在。
There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.
世界上没有足够的爱和善良来允许把任何爱和善良给予想象中的存在。
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
看到一个美丽的花园，而不必相信花园的底部也有仙女，难道这还不够吗?
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
大胆地质疑上帝的存在;因为，如果有的话，他一定更赞成理性的敬意，而不是盲目的恐惧。
I have known many good people who did not believe in God. But I have never known a human being who was good who did not believe in people. [language slightly modified]
我认识许多不信上帝的好人。但我从未见过一个好人不相信人。(语言稍微修改)
I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
我不认为被称为不可知论者是一种侮辱，而是一种赞美。我并不假装知道许多无知的人肯定在哪里——这就是不可知论的全部含义。
I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create.
无论在我的生活中还是在我的绘画中，我都可以很好地没有上帝，但我不能，尽管我很痛苦，没有比我更伟大的东西，那就是我的生命，创造的力量。
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms.
很少有国家穷到只有一个上帝。神是如此容易造出来的，原料成本又如此之低，以致神的市场一般都相当饱和，天堂里挤满了这些幽灵。
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Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
神愿意阻止邪恶，却不能吗? 那么他不是全能的。 他能，但不愿意吗? 那么他是恶毒的。 他既能干又愿意吗? 那么邪恶从何而来? 他既不能也不愿意吗? 那为什么叫他上帝?