Sartre rejects the existence of God from "summary" of Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre
Sartre vehemently denies the existence of a higher being in the universe. He argues that the concept of God is a creation of human consciousness, a projection of our desires and fears onto an imagined deity. For Sartre, God is nothing more than a comforting illusion that people use to avoid taking responsibility for their own existence. In his view, belief in God is a form of bad faith, a way of escaping the harsh reality of human freedom and the burden of making choices. By attributing our actions and decisions to a divine plan or will, we relinquish our autonomy and deny the fundamental existential truth that we are solely responsible for our own lives.
Sartre sees the belief in God as a form of self-deception, a way of evading the anxiety and uncertainty that comes with the awareness of our own mortality and the ultimate meaninglessness of the universe. He argues that it is only by facing these truths head-on, by embracing our freedom and embracing the absurdity of existence, that we can truly live authentically.
For Sartre, the rejection of God is not a rejection of morality or ethics, but rather a rejection of the illusions and false comforts that prevent us from living fully and authentically. He believes that true freedom can only be achieved by accepting the inherent meaninglessness of the universe and creating our own values and purposes through our actions and choices. In this way, Sartre challenges us to embrace the uncertainty and ambiguity of existence, and to create our own meaning in a world devoid of divine guidance or purpose.
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