Single Idea 24192

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God]

Full Idea

True contradictories. I am sure there is a God in the sense that I am quite sure that my love is not illusory. I am sure there is not a God in the sense that I am quite sure nothing real can be anything like what I conceive when I pronounce this word.

Gist of Idea

My love makes me believe in God; the inconceivability of this God makes me disbelieve

Source

Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Atheism')

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.114


A Reaction

[She adds that inconceivability doesn't mean illusory] I can't see a feeling of love as a reason for theism. But the inconceivability of God isn't a good reason for atheism.