| Stranger In a Strange Land "That pantheistic, mystical "Thou Art God!" chorus that runs through the book is not offered as a creed but as an existentialist assumption of personal responsibility, devoid of all godding. It says, "Dont appeal for mercy to God the Father up in the sky, little man, because he is not at home and never was at home and couldn't care less. What you do with yourself, whether you are happy or unhappy -live-die- is strictly your business and the universe dosen't care. In fact you may BE the universe and the only cause of all your troubles. But, at best, the most you could hope for is comradeship with comrades no more Divine (or just as Divine) as you are. So quit sniveling and face up to it---"THOU ART GOD~!~" Quote by Robert A. Heinlein |
