Hell Is the Absence of God; first appeared in Starlight 3, 2001.
Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)
“A god that rewards credulity, a god that sanctions slavery, is unworthy of any kind of reverence or respect or devotion.”
Episode 578: "Still More Scamlets" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDcLAeTm5AY, Channel Austin (November 9, 2008)
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