Ray Kurzweil Quotes

If there be an infinite Being, he does not need our help - we need not waste our energies in his defense.

The argument from improbability, properly deployed, comes close to proving that God does not exist.

What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?" He simply, yet profoundly answered, "The main difference is this: The God of Christianity exists.

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence

If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.

Whoever invented God is an idiot. God is absolutely man's worst invention.

There either is a god or there is not; there is a 'design' or not.

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age.

I'm not going to argue with people about the existence of God. I have not the vaguest idea of whether the universe was created by an intelligence.

I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me no distinct affirmation, and of which the would-be affirmer has no conception.

I don't see any sign of God in this world, in the place where we live and things we know. It can all be explained to my mind perfectly satisfactorily without God. But in the great darkness beyond this little spark of light where I live, of course there may be all kinds of things. There may be a god. So I'm really an agnostic.

Atheism is without God. It does not assert no God.

There is no reason to regard God as immune from consideration along the spectrum of probabilities. And there is certainly no reason to suppose that, just because God can be neither proved nor disproved, his probability of existence is 50 per cent.

We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.

God affords no man the comfort, the false comfort of Atheism: He will not allow a pretending Atheist the power to flatter himself, so far, as to seriously think there is no God.

The hypothesis of God offers no worthwhile explanation for anything, for it simply postulates what we are trying to explain.

God's existence needs to be established independently before he can be brought into account for causation; it cannot be assumed at the start.

When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.

How did the atheist get his idea of that God whom he denies?

I have hitherto followed the lines marked out by the Theist in his attempt to prove that there exists a mind behind natural phenomena, and that the universe as we have it is, at least generally, an evidence of a plan designed by this mind. I have also pointed out that the only datum for such a conclusion is the universe we know. We must take that as a starting point. We can get neither behind it nor beyond it. We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.

The proofs of the existence of God are to such an extent fallen into discredit that they pass for something antiquated, belonging to days gone by.

Don't be misled by those who claim God doesn't exist, because He does.

What are the chances there is a God, really?

I am, therefore there is a God.

There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?