Odyssey 52002

Sarah Forbes:
Doesn't give you much comfort does it? Not believing in an afterlife.

Kurt Mendel:
On the contrary, it gives me lots of comfort.

Sarah Forbes:
How can the prospect of nonexistence be comforting?

Kurt Mendel:
I look at it like this: before I came on stage, the Universe had been around for twelve billion years. All that time I was in a state of nonexistence, and it wasn't bad. Pretty comfortable as a matter of fact. I figure it'll be just as comfortable for the next twelve billion years.

Sarah Forbes:
So all those people were wrong to believe in a higher power?

Kurt Mendel:
Look what good it did 'em.