Quote by H.L. Mencken
Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the unive

Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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