the abyss means...

None of the gods love wisdom or desire to become wise, for they are wise already -- nor if someone else is wise, do they love wisdom.
Plato, Symposium 203E-204A

It says something about the number of philosophy texts that now when I see a sentence of the form:

"So what is X? According to Ancient Greek Philosopher (AGP)..."

I groan. My mind switches off.

Perhaps it says something about me.

Perhaps I need to read more. Perhaps I ought to stop reading. Perhaps I ought to find something to believe in.

But then 'Belief' is silly.

But 'Gods' are just as silly.

Suppose I were asked to give an argument for my views on the existence of a God or Gods.

Suppose I decided to answer it, rather than give an obvious discordian response.

What would I say?

Hmm....

I think I'd say:

There are no conclusive proofs for the existence of a God or Gods.
There are no conclusive proofs for the non-existence of a God or Gods.
Therefore a God or Gods may or may not exist.
Does it really matter?

(Which is very similar to my response to sceptical arguments as well.)

Have I lost the fun?

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