In the article he basically explains why he said thank Goodness instead of thank God. When I read the title of the article i thought why not just say thank God instead of thank Goodness ? Daniel Dennett did not believe in God. he said in the article “We atheists don't believe there is any God to thank”.Me being a Strong God believer that statement is impossible for me to believe.Dennett beliefs in a God is fully irrelevant to their work for humanity, when a person get through something that they think they can't survive they always thank God. Dennett suffered from an aortic dissection and was hospitalized for some time. In the article it was said that Dennett thinks there's a lot of goodness in the world. Goodness comes in many forms, the
