(You do not have to be shamed in my closeness. Family are the people who must never make you feel ashamed.)( You are wrong. Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.)( And you are deserving of shame?)( I am. I am trying to tell you.) 'We were stupid, ' he said, 'because we believed in things.'' Why is this stupid?'' Because there are not things to believe in.'( Love?)( There is no love. Only the end of love.)( Goodness?)( Do not be a fool.)( God?)( If God exists, He is not to be believed in.) . Jonathan Safran Foer
About This Quote

A quote from the novel "1984" by George Orwell. The idea of knowing that there is no such thing as God is a difficult concept to grasp. If you think about it, there is no such thing as God. However, our belief in God and that He exists makes us feel better about the world around us.

We still think about Him and wonder why he did not save us from the pain we felt when our loved ones died. If God does not exist, then who is there to blame for all of the evil in the world?

Source: Everything Is Illuminated

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