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           Ifpeoplemustgotochurch,whythedevilcouldn’ttheybedignifiedaboutit,likeCatholics,ChristianScientists,orQuakers?

           IfGodexisted(aquestionconcerningwhichJubalmaintainedameticulousintellectualneutrality)andifHedesiredtobeworshipped(apropositionwhichJubalfoundinherentlyimprobablebutconceivablypossibleinthedimlightofhisownignorance),then(stipulatingaffirmativelyboththeabove)itneverthelessseemedwildlyunlikelytoJubaltothepointofreductioadabsurdumthataGodpotenttoshapegalaxieswouldbetitillatedandswayedbythewhoop-te-dononsensetheFosteritesofferedHimas"worship."

           ButwithbleakhonestyJubaladmittedtohimselfthattheUniverse(correction:thatpieceoftheUniversehehimselfhadseen)mightverywellbeintotoanexampleofreductiontoabsurdity.InwhichcasetheFosteritesmightbepossessedoftheTruth,theexactTruth,andnothingbuttheTruth.TheUniversewasadamnedsillyplaceatbest?buttheleastlikelyexplanationforitsexistencewastheno-explanationofrandomchance,theconceitthatsomeabstractsomethings"justhappened"tobesomeatomsthat"justhappened"togettogetherinconfigurationswhich"justhappened"tolooklikeconsistentlawsandthensomeoftheseconfigurations"justhappened"topossessself-awarenessandthattwosuch"justhappened"tobetheManfromMarsandtheotherabald-headedoldcootwithJubalhimselfinside.