Edmond De GoncourtIf there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. Here is another classic quote by Samuel Johnson. He meaning of this quote is that if there is a god, then what you are doing now would be meaningless. Try to do something good now, but it is meaningless because god doesn’t exist. If god exists, you are wasting your time.
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