...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for…

- J. L. Mackie

The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.

- J. L. Mackie

There are no objective values.

- J. L. Mackie

I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance.

- J. L. Mackie

God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two…

- J. L. Mackie

If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: …

- J. L. Mackie