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"God is a creative force, Lestat, And so are we. He told Adam, 'Increase and multiply.' That's what the first organic cells did Lestat. Increased and multiplied. Not merely changed shape but replicated themselves. God is a creative force. He made the whole universe out of himself through cell division. That's why the devils are so full of envy- the bad angels, I mean. They are not creative creatures; they have no bodies, no cells, they're spirit. And I suspect it wasn't envy so much as a form of suspicion-that god was making a mistake in making another engine of creativity in Adam, so like himself. I mean the angels probably felt the physical universe was bad enough with all the replicating cells, but thinking, talking beings who could increase and multiply? They were probably outraged by the whole experiment. That was their sin." "So you're saying God isn't pure spirit." "That's right. God has a body. Always did. The secret of cell-dividing life lies within God. And all living cells have a tiny part of God's spirit in them, Lestat, that's the missing piece as to what makes life happen in the first place, what separates it from nonlife. " "Western civilization has been founded upon an inversion. But it is my honest belief that in our daily deeds we know and honor the truth, It is only when we talk religion that we say God is pure spirit and always was and always will be, and that the flesh is evil. The truth is in Genesis, it's there. I'll tell you what the big bang was, Lestat. It was when the cells of god began to divide" "this really is a beautiful theory David. Was God surprised?" "No, but the angels were. I'm quite serious. I'll tell you the superstitious part- the religious belief that god is perfect. He's obviously not" "What a relief" I said "It explains so much." "you're laughing at me now. I don't blame you. But you're absolutely right. It explains everything. God has made many mistakes. Many, many mistakes. As surely God himself knows! And I suspect the angels tried to warn him. The devil became the devil because he tried to warn God. God is love. But I'm not sure God is absolutely brilliant." I was trying to suppress my laughter, but I couldn't do it entirely. "David if you keep this up you'll be struck by lighting" "Nonsense. God does want us to figure it out" "No. That I can't accept." "You mean you accept the rest? " He said with another little laugh. "No, but I'm quite serious. Religion is primitive in its illogical conclusions. Imagine a perfect God allowing for the Devil to come into existence. No, that's simply never made sense. "The entire flaw in the bible is the notion that God is perfect. It represents a failure of imagination on the part of the early scholars. It's responsible for every impossible theological question as to good and evil with which we've been wrestling through the centuries. God is good, however, wondrously good. Yes, God is love. But no creative force is perfect. That's clear." "And the Devil? Is there any new intelligence about him?" He regarded me for the moment with just a touch of impatience. "you are such a cynical being." He whispered. "No, I'm not." I said "I honestly want to know. I have a particular interest in the devil, obviously. I speak of him much more often than I speak of God. I can't figure out really why mortals love him so much, I mean, why they love the idea of him. But they do." "Because they don't believe in him," David said. "Because a perfect evil devil makes even less sense than a perfect God. Imagine, the devil never learning anything during all this time, never changing his mind about being the devil, it's an insult to our intellect, such an idea." "So what's your truth behind the lie?" "He's not purely unredeemable. He's merely part of God's plan. He's a spirit allowed to tempt and try humans. He disapproves of humans, of the entire experiment. See, that was the nature of the devils fall, as I see it. The devil didn't think the idea would work. But the key, Lestat, is understanding that God is Matter! God is physical, God is the lord of Cell division, and the devil abhors the excess of letting this cell division run wild." "I have another theory about the devil." "Tell me." "there is more than one of them. And nobody appointed much likes the job. " "Now that I can understand. Who would like the job of being the devil? And to think that one can't possibly win. And especially considering that the devil was an angel, at the start of it all, and suppose to be very smart." "Exactly." He pointed his finger at me. "Your little story about Rembrandt. The devil, if he had a brain, should have acknowledged the genius of Rembrandt." "And the goodness of Faust." -Anne Rice "the tale of the body Thief.
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