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Chapter 33

           AsforhisThou-art-Godcreed,tomeitisneithermorenorlesscrediblethananyother.ComeJudgmentDay,iftheyholdit,wemayfindthatMumboJumbotheGodoftheCongowastheBigBossallalong.

           "Allthenamesarestillinthehat,Ben.Self-awaremanissobuiltthathecannotbelieveinhisownextinction?andthisautomaticallyleadstoendlessinventionofreligions.Whilethisinvoluntaryconvictionofimmortalitybynomeansprovesimmortalitytobeafact,thequestionsgeneratedbythisconvictionareoverwhelminglyimportant?whetherwecananswerthemornot,orprovewhatanswerswesuspect.Thenatureoflife,howtheegohooksintothephysicalbody,theproblemoftheegoitselfandwhyeachegoseemstobethecenteroftheuniverse,thepurposeoflife,thepurposeoftheuniversetheseareparamountquestionsBen;theycanneverbetrivial.Sciencecan’t,orhasn’t,copedwithanyofthemandwhoamItosneeratreligionsfortryingtoanswerthem,nomatterhowunconvincinglytome?OldMumboJumbomayeatmeyet;Ican’truleHimoutbecauseHeownsnofancycathedrals.NorcanIruleoutonegodstruckboyleadingasexcultinanupholsteredattic;hemightbetheMessiah.TheonlyreligiousopinionthatIfeelsureofisthis:self-awarenessisnotjustabunchofaminoacidsbumpingtogether!"

           "Whew!Jubal,youshouldhavebeenapreacher."

           "Misseditbyonlyarazor’sedge,myboyandI’llthankyoutokeepaciviltongueinyourhead.

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