You cannot spend two thousand years trying to understand God and then simply abandon the question and declare that weโre not interested in it anymore.
Martin WalserAs an atheist, you cannot fully make sense of the music, you have no explanation for the perennial motion and rhythm.
Martin WalserOnce you have awakened to the question of faith, you cannot simply return to your everyday agenda like a committed atheist could. You cannot retreat to the comforts of atheism.
Martin Walser