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/ "What Pascal overlooked was the         \
| hair-raising possibility that God might |
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| out-Luther Luther. A special area in    |
| hell might be reserved for those who    |
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| go to mass. Or God might punish those   |
| whose faith is prompted by prudence.    |
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| Perhaps God prefers the abstinent to    |
| those who whore around with some        |
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| denomination he despises. Perhaps he    |
| reserves special rewards for those      |
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| who deny themselves the comfort of      |
| belief. Perhaps the intellectual        |
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| ascetic will win all while those who    |
| compromise their intellectual           |
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| integrity lose everything."             |
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| [Walter Kaufmann, "Critique of Religion |
\ and Philosophy"]                        /
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