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    'God' on Trial
    'God' on Trial
    'God' on Trial
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    'God' on Trial

    By Austin P. Torney

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    A comedic courtroom drama in which 'God' is tried for crimes against humanity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin P. Torney
    Release dateJul 25, 2012
    ISBN9781476150536
    'God' on Trial
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    Austin P. Torney

    Austin began writing for real around the age of forty, a respite from working as an Information Engineer in the field of Computer Science, doing programming, an art, as it turned out. He calls himself a humanist, and is one who enjoys the liberal arts, utilizing science, for it pervades every discipline. He is currently retired and lives in the mountains of Poughquag, NY, near the Appalachian Trail. He enjoys tennis, writing, fun, humor, thinking, sleeping, poetry, music, dining, travel, romance, reading, swimming, and life.

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      'God' on Trial - Austin P. Torney

      ‘God’ on Trial

      By Austin P. Torney

      Copyright 2012 Austin P. Torney

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      The Trial

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      Jehovah’s trial for crimes against humanity

      begins thusly, but ends well…

      "Do you, ‘God’, swearest to tellest us the whole truth

      and nothing but the truth, so helpest you God?"

      "What scriptures of which Bible should I swear on?

      There are so many."

      "Oh. Here’s a Mormon Bible with a whole extra section

      that was transcribed from the golden plates You sent."

      I didn’t send those plates.

      "OK, let’s not worry about that now.

      You are truthful, are you not?"

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      I can do no evil, and that includes not lying.

      Finally, a believable defendant. What is your full name?

      "‘God Damnit’ is what I am usually called."

      Ha-ha, but what is your real and proper name?

      None. I am what I am.

      Um, any aliases, like Lord, Jehovah, Almighty, or such?

      No.

      Are you sure?

      "Yes, those are just some names

      that people call me, as well as the bad names."

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      But you do exist as you are?

      Depends on what the meaning of ‘exists’ is.

      You know, like ‘to be’, being one that is.

      "Depends on what the

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