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You aspired to be God's advocate, you got the job, you performed admirably. But God's advocate was ipso facto my advocate. Theodicy's a sucker's game, Professor. When Yahweh was operational, humanity's obligation wasn't to worship Him, for chrissakes. It was to celebrate His creativity and stand forevermore opposed to His malice. And anybody such as yourself, anybody who sought to shoehorn an omnibenevolent God into the same universe as Auschwitz...that person, Dr. Gregory Francis Lovett-that person did the Devil's work for him. (James K. Morrow)
I am what I am. I am Christ and Antichrist, God and Satan, Heaven and Hiroshima, Arcadia and Auschwitz.” Smiling devilishly, Sarkos lumbered up to Lovett. "Get it, fat boy? God is a duality. Dr. Jehovah and Mr. Hyde.” He lobbed the bottle cap into his mouth and chewed. "Allow me to tell you a bedtime story. It's called ‘The Day the Gas Chambers Malfunctioned at Auschwitz.' On second thought, why bother? You know the plot-the title gives it away-I'm surprised Braverman and Kelvin left it out of their overblown epic. Can you imagine how it feels to be a seven-year-old Jewish child, standing in line with hundreds of other Jewish children, waiting your turn to be thrown alive onto an open fire? View quote
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Do you really think your terrestrial counterpart is living in the best of all possible worlds? Where I come from, an eighth grader would be ashamed to enter planet Earth in a junior high school science fair. View quote
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To close the gap between jurisprudence and justice would require a canon of a hundred million laws. View quote
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If nothing else, their adventure had proved that God was not about to put science out of business. View quote
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Although covetousness is not my only flaw, it seems to cause me more pain than all my other sins combined. View quote
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I stand before you today not as your hypothetical descendant but as the ambassador of my kind. The statistics, as you may know, are appalling: two of us sloughed off for every six who make it into the world. In all of history, there was never a more prolific abortionist than God Almighty. Make sure the tribunal learns that fact. View quote
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Don't get testy with me, sir. I am Augustine of Hippo Regius, discoverer of concupiscence. Between my legs hangs the axis on which will turn the brave new world of Christian antieroticism. View quote
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You should be talking to a doctor of theology, not a Father of Lies. The distinction is subtle but real. View quote
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For many citizens of the Western world, this situation proved, as you might imagine, troubling-especially in the United States, where reality has never enjoyed a great deal of prestige. (James K. Morrow)
Never underestimate the value of a falsehood, friends. Never doubt the power of a lie. Blessed are the mendacious, for they shall grow wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. View quote
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I am the Father of Lies. Over the years, my children have done me proud. I shouldn't play favorites, but I am especially pleased with "The meek shall inherit the earth.” Likewise, I shall always retain a soft spot in my heart for "Every cloud has a silver lining.”. View quote
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But just because our Creator subcontracts evil out to me, we mustn't neglect to notice the blood on His hands. View quote
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Love does strange things to a man's sense of proportion, which is why-contrary to rumor-it is by no means the Devil's least favorite emotion. View quote
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