The Devil’s Advocate

MILTON: God’s your prankster, my boy.Think of it. He gives maninstincts. He gives you thisextraordinary gift and then, Iswear to you — for his ownamusement — his own private,cosmic gag reel — he sets therules in opposition. It’s thegoof of all time. Look but don’ttouch. Touch but don’t taste. Taste but don’t swallow. Andwhile you’re jumping from one foot to the other he’s laughing hissick fucking ass off! He’s atight-ass. He’s a sadist. He’san absentee landlord! (incredulous) Worship that? Never.

Quote #13

We shall tell ourselves that it would be very nice if there were a God who created the world and was a benevolent Providence, and if there were a moral order in the universe and an after-life; but it is a very striking fact that all this is exactly as we are bound to wish it to be.

—SIGMUND FREUD