Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

laspheme like this, I’d like them erased,” he said to Ava. “Ithink your greatest contribution right now would be to go andget that done.”Kelvin could see she didn’t like that, but she made it looklike she complied. She probably would erase a few cherubs,probably all the naughtiest ones among those kept by anyonein Theology. Kelvin was not under the delusion that Avawouldn’t know all she wanted about their conversation. Hisknowledge of that fact is what made him feel so futile attimes. This was much more important than that.Kelvin went thru the case as well as he could. He thoughtthat Arthur followed along. Finally Arthur said, “Look, youwant to use science, I’ll use science. At a minimum, I’d sayGod was the size of the universe. How big is this ‘heaven’built in the Oort cloud around Earth? This is 2384 and rightnow two thirds of all the mortal souls that have ever lived,have been recorded in silicon. Most of the war dead havebeen taken to an ascension center. So at the very most thatleaves one third. How big is God compared to that?” Arthurasked him. And this has been going on how long? Fiftythousand years, a hundred thousand? God is at least as long asthe big bang til all the black holes evaporate, but myself, Ithink he’s eternity before and after, and sees all time as one. Ithink science is great Kelvin, and it can tell us a lot abouthim, but this entire universe, thru it’s whole eternity, is just amote in His eye.“At the same time Kelvin, God sees into every soul of307