
The Riddle of Epicurus
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
"That whereof we cannot speak, we must consign to silence."
-Ludwig Wittgenstein
"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, nothing straight was ever made."
-Isaiah Berlin
"Men are far too busy thinking to be any good at buying presents."
-Tom Utley, Daily Telegraph: Headline Christmas 2003