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Walter Kaufmann

The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.

Walter Kaufmann

Respect

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Walter Kaufmann is saying that true belief in God comes from faith even when the world seems difficult or unfair, rather than from seeing the world as evidence of God’s existence. He respects the kind of faith shown by biblical figures like Job and Jeremiah, who maintain their belief despite suffering and doubt, comparing it to the deep questioning found in Buddhism.

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