For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism.

The problem of suffering is: why is there the suffering we know?

Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars.

For atheism and polytheism there is no special problem of suffering, nor need there be for every kind of monotheism.

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their hearts to the voice of their brothers' blood.

The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.