Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes
I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a deity intelligible; and to the extent that they have made it intelligible, they have given us no reason to think that anything answers to it.
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer
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I do not believe in God. It seems to me that theists of all kinds have very largely failed to make their concept of a deity intelligible; and to the extent that they have made it intelligible, they have given us no reason to think that anything answers to it.
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer