THE SELF-INTEREST IN ATHEISM

'It isn't just that I don't believe in God, and, naturally, hope that I'm right in my belief. It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that.'

Thomas Nagel in Alister E McGrath, Through a Glass Darkly, p.173.

THE SELF-INTEREST IN ATHEISM

'It isn't just that I don't believe in God and naturally, hope that I'm right in my belief. It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God: I don't want the universe to be like that...This cosmic authority problem is not a rare condition.'

Thomas Nagel in Timothy Keller, Preaching, p.108.