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ELINOR: More or less. You see time is no object to God  these cycles which to us mean so much may be no more than a day to Him. I think you will admit we have let in a good deal of light in the last hundred years or so. ELEANOR MORE OR LESS YOU SEE TIME IS NO OBJECT TO GOD THESE CYCLES WHICH TO US MEAN SO MUCH MAY BE NO MORE THAN A DAY TO HIM I THINK YOU WILL ADMIT WE HAVE LET IN A GOOD DEAL OF LIGHT IN THE LAST HALF HUNDRED YEARS OR SO
 the purest manner and do his level best simply to return to God at death an untarnished soul? ELINOR: Certainly. JOHN: But you would do away with all priestcraft, all politics, all society! ’Pon my word, this is worse than Socialism. You know I never bargained for that! ELINOR: Nothing of the kind! The basic principle is that God is omnipotent. Granted this, and the poorest intelligence might then credit Him with having the best of all the attributes with which He has endowed mankind, whom he created--chief of these being common sense. JOHN: Go on. ELINOR: It is hardly likely, then, that He is perpetrating a colossal joke upon His creation by making the whole system experimental. It is conceivable that a brain which could evolve the intricate organism of a minute ant might be far-seeing enough to devise an immutable law which, when our evolution is sufficiently advanced, we shall be able to perceive, and to fall in with its action. JOHN: We are all as yet struggling in the dark, then? H UNIT IS ALWAYS TO BEHAVE IN THE PUREST MANNER AND DO HIS LEVEL BEST SIMPLY TO RETURN TO GOD A DEATH AND UNTARNISHED SOUL ELEANOR CERTAINLY JOHN BUT YOU WOULD DO AWAY WITH ALL PRIESTCRAFT ALL POLITICS ALL SOCIETY UPON MY WORD THIS IS WORSE THAN SOCIALISM YOU KNOW I NEVER BARGAINED FOR THAT ELEANOR NOTHING OF THE KIND THE BASIC PRINCIPLE IS THAT GOD IS OMNIPOTENT GRANTED THIS AND THE POOREST INTELLIGENCE MAY THEN CREDIT HIM WITH HAVING THE BEST OF ALL THE ATTRIBUTES WITH WHICH HE HAS ENDOWED MANKIND WHOM HE CREATED CHIEF OF THESE BEING COMMON SENSE JOHN GO ON ELEANOR IT IS HARDLY LIKELY THEN THAT HE IS PERPETRATING A COLOSSAL JOKE UPON HIS CREATION BY MAKING THE WHOLE SYSTEM EXPERIMENTAL IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT A BRAIN WHICH COULD EVOLVE THE INTRICATE ORGANISM OF A MINUTE ANT MIGHT BE FAR SEEING ENOUGH TO DEVISE AN IMMUTABLE LAW WHICH WHEN OUR EVOLUTION IS SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED WE SHALL BE ABLE TO PERCEIVE AND TO FALL IN WITH ITS ACTION JOHN WE ARE ALL AS YET STRUGGLING IN THE DARK THEN
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