A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
不可知论无神论
Agnosticism Atheism
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?
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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)
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。
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?
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。
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。
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。