a beautiful way to express Doubt

I was watching a film recently about a cynic on his death bed who remarks to his nurse-
" I once had a friend who said God created clouds so he could hide behind them when he was ashamed...."

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on December 9, 2012 at 5:40am

I guess the pilot in me is showing.  So what does god do when the conditions are CAVU - Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited?  Euphemisms and poetic language have only one purpose: to obscure the fact that there is no substance behind those words.

There is no god.

Permalink Reply by Pearl on December 17, 2012 at 3:08pm

You know sometimes we say stuff like this to poke fun, not cause we think they are true. A personal favorite of mine is "between the old and new testaments, the christian god repented". I know there is no god. I want to rile somebody.

Permalink Reply by Luara on December 11, 2012 at 9:00pm

I like this, except I would replace "ashamed" with "embarassed".  It's much less conventionally theistic that way. 

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