“Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity (in the Harvard sense) of saying that the universe just happened to happen and that when we're dead we're dead?”
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Updike, J. (n.d.). Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity (in the Harvard sense) of saying that the universe just happened to happen and that when we're dead we're dead? [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/1509-among-the-repulsions-of-atheism-for-me-has/
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Updike, John. “Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity (in the Harvard sense) of saying that the universe just happened to happen and that when we're dead we're dead?” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/1509-among-the-repulsions-of-atheism-for-me-has/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Updike, John. “Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity (in the Harvard sense) of saying that the universe just happened to happen and that when we're dead we're dead?” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/1509-among-the-repulsions-of-atheism-for-me-has/.