An open book and pale quill sit beside small brass scales and an ink pot beneath a golden beam of light.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ‧ 1979

Douglas Adams

"I refuse to prove that I exist", says God "for proves denies faith and without faith I am nothing".

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The fictional reply refuses proof of existence by claiming that proof would undermine the faith on which it depends. The circular claim remains an argument in the passage, not an established theological truth; readable wording stays unchanged.

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