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2024-10-29 19:42:56“Existence. What necessitates existence?”
“I don't know? Atoms, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, water.”
“Belief. Belief creates existence.”
“No it doesn't. Things just are. I didn't believe rocks into existence.”
“No, but someone did.”
“Who? The rock god?”
“Maybe. I don't know. But we're obviously someone's idea.”
“Whose?”
“God's. Perhaps an author's, or playwrights'. At the end, it's all just a dream.”
“But who's God?”
“Don't know. I know lots of gods. No God. I had a Father, once,” his face grew sorrowful. “But he left long ago.”
I didn't press further. “Do you believe in God, Gabriel?” I asked quietly.
“Of course I do.”
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