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Who's afraid of a godless universe?

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Omnivorous
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02-19-2006 9:40 PM 		Reply to: Message 21 by lfen
02-19-2006 9:23 PM

Re: theophobia
My favorite from The Tempest:
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Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them - ding-dong, bell.
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No Fall, no Rise. Only change.
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Omnivorous
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02-19-2006 10:14 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by JavaMan
02-16-2006 3:45 AM

I ain't scared of no ghost.
I find neither one scary, JavaMan.
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On the one hand, oblivion holds no terrors for me.
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On the other, if there is a God, and that God is a despotic tyrant, being afraid won't change a thing. Despotic tyrants aren't known for keeping their word, anyway. A reasonable God would understand the lack of grounds for belief--until She provided them.
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Besides, I can't make myself believe what I don't believe, and I've never backed down from bullies, so...
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*shrugs*
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I ain't scared of no ghost.
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