Philosophers

During last Thursday’s trivia quiz we were asked to identify the philosopher that said, “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.” Unfortunately the Snook and I spent so much time arguing over whether it was Descartes or Pascal that we missed the obvious answer. (It was the always-quotable Voltaire, of course.) Anyway, I thought of that quote while reading through these 300 Proofs of God’s Existence. Pretty funny. As an agnostic I’ve never really felt compelled to try to talk someone out of their beliefs, but I can certainly understand the frustration trying to debate with someone that can’t form a decent argument. (Link courtesy of John.)

Update: Crap! Looks like the site went down. Oh well, bookmark this one for later.


Important Note

This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.