Ahem... Can I throw in my two cents worth on the whole god thing?
Ok... Suppose you were a supreme being. You could create anything, know the future, and what choices all objects animate and inanimate were going to make. All creatures would follow preordained paths. How boring.
What would be the greatest thing you could create? I believe the answer is uncertainty. A universe NOT preordained and will truly free so that you, the supreme being, could enjoy the results of such freedom, and be, well, surprised.
What bothers me about the Kansas thing is that it is a part of a larger world view, one of absolute, static values. Land and human minds are rigidly controlled, and experimentation in wealth distribution and human affairs is strongly discouraged. How boring.
In "Report to Greco", Nikos Kazantzakis recounts the great Greek aphorism.
"It is not enough to be, one must create." Sounds good to me.
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