God Is Fiction

God is not a necessity for religion. Buddhism does not believe in God, Jainism does not believe in God. So try to understand, because in the West it is a problem.

You are aware only of three religions which are all rooted in Judaism: Christianity, Judaism and Mohammedanism. All three believe in God. So you are not aware of Buddha – he never believed in God.

I am reminded of H.G.Wells, his statement about Gautam Buddha. He said, “He is the most godless person, yet the most godly.”

A godless person, and godly? Do you think there is any contradiction?

There is no contradiction. Buddha never believed in God, there was no need. He was so utterly fulfilled that his whole fulfillment became a fragrance around him.

Mahavira never believed in God, yet his life was as divine as life can be.

So when I say God is a fiction, please do not misunderstand me.

God is a fiction but godliness is not a fiction; that is a quality. “God” is a person…as a person it is a fiction.

There is no God sitting in heaven creating the world. And do you think a God would create such a mess that you call the world? Then what is left for the Devil?

If anybody has created this world it must be the Devil, it cannot be God.

- OSHO