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My own preliminary diagnosis is that I am out of my skull and getting farther from its vicinity every day.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
I’ve gone insane, Michael decided, retrieving a cowhide-bound appointments book from his valise. Only certifiable schizophrenics showed meetings with God on their calendars.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
If You intervene too profusely in Earth’s affairs, I’ve noticed, the inhabitants become chronically distracted, and they forget to worship You.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
As with all things political, the issue was power.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
Monotheism is just one of the myths by which we live, and Yahweh is just one of the deities who populate these stories.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
When I destroyed my unwanted children, it was murder. When Yahweh did the same, it was eugenics. Do you approve of the universe, Ham?
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
“In fact, there’s probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person.”
“What’s that?” asked Nimrod.
“Being able to understand him completely.”
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
JOB. And now it’s time...
FRANNY. To curse God...
JOB. And live.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)
Being God, I must choose My words carefully. People, I’ve noticed, tend to hang on to My every remark. It gets annoying, this servile and sycophantic streak in Homo sapiens sapiens. There’s a difference, after all, between tasteful adulation and arrant toadyism, but they just don’t get it.
Bible Stories for Adults (1996)